IDE issues <consolidated responses from several sources>

[Paul Taylor]

Inadequate and Deceptive Product Labeling:
Comparison of 21 Power Supplies

http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20021021/index.html

Good idea to unplug floppy and anything else you don't need (case fans)
while you trouble shoot.

>> What is your power supply make and wattage? Sometimes this occurs when
>> you don't have enough power.
>
> I just replaced my bad powersupply.  I put in a 250 W one.  I believe
> the orig was also 250.  There isn't much in that system either...  4gb
> hdd, 32mb ram, cdrom, 4mb video card, nic, sound card, floppy.  I guess
> I could take out the sound card and floppy since I'm not really using
> them...same with the cdrom come to think of it.  I wanted to put in a
> bigger drive..maybe one of those ide controller cards to help run the
> drive.  Maybe I should re-think that if I'm pushing the things power
> limits already.  I doubt I am though...I've had waaay more stuff in
> there before.
>
> Matt