From: ac940@Freenet.carleton.ca (Lau Hon-Wah)
Subject: Re: Choosing an appropriate Power Supply--PLEASE HELP!
Reply-To: ac940@Freenet.carleton.ca (Lau Hon-Wah)
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In a previous article, lopes@cogsci.ucsd.edu (alann lopes) says:
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>The problem is that I recently had an HD go bad and
>someone suggested that it may have been because of
>an inadequate Power Supply -- How does one know
>what kind of wattage is necessary to run two large
>Maxtors (1.2 and 660).

I am not an expert. My understanding is the watts output of the power 
supply must exceed the sum of the hard disk watts requirement.

Typically, a 200W power supply is sufficient to power a PC.

Hope this help.

Lau Hon-Wah
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