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Michael · 03-18-2001, 01:07 AM

my previous system was an AMD K6-233 w/ a 230w PS. Here's what I ran on it: 3 PCI graphics cards for 3 monitors, an ISA sound card, ISA modem, scsi card, cd writer and cdrom. Occasionally I would lose my cdwriter on boot. When I built my newest system (using the same old 230w PS) this same problem persisted. I replace the PS w/ a 300w and the problem has never recurred. So, I was probably about 1/2 a device over the tolerable limits for stabilty that a 230 could handle.

03-18-2001, 01:07 AM	#3
Michael Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Minneapolis, minnesota, USA Posts: 748	my previous system was an AMD K6-233 w/ a 230w PS. Here's what I ran on it: 3 PCI graphics cards for 3 monitors, an ISA sound card, ISA modem, scsi card, cd writer and cdrom. Occasionally I would lose my cdwriter on boot. When I built my newest system (using the same old 230w PS) this same problem persisted. I replace the PS w/ a 300w and the problem has never recurred. So, I was probably about 1/2 a device over the tolerable limits for stabilty that a 230 could handle.