Re: [opensuse] [OT] How much power does a PC really consume? >  > I think it is the spikes that are causing trouble with Sata drives.
>  > Don't know that, but I do know that new power supplies were not a
>  > major source or error reports on lkml.  Over the last year, it is
>  > extremely routine, even with new 650W supplies.
>
>  Interesting - the SATA drives have not been causing me any problems (so
>  far), but the system is still less than stable under load.

Low wattage PSU and too many SATA drives caused me loads of grief last
about a year ago.  I had problems with random reboots, failing drives
etc.  The PSU was fairly new, but only a 450W.  Dropped in a high
quality 600W, and the problems went away.

C.


