8 Jul
2009
8 Jul
'09
2:41 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
My memory is that the power budget is strained with a
full boat of
cards and a pair of floppies.
I remember trying to power one (this a 5.25" FH, however) from a 5150 PSU, and
it just wasn't happening, even with a cut-down machine. As you say, a 3.5"
drive *might* do better.
I've got a feeling the were other issues too - either with the 5150 BIOS and
hard disk compatibility, or purely with the amount of RAM available to run a
hard-disk-aware OS.