Linux in RCHS: "Run to the laboratory and fetch me a brain!"

[Mike Rice]

what if you disconnect the 5.25" floppy? do you really expect to use
it? Also, you could mount either the CD or tape from a remote machine
if required, keep the one most needed for local use.

let me know if the mobo gives you trouble.

mike

--- Lincoln Peters <lincoln_peters at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have removed the burnt-out motherboard from the tall tower and put
> the 
> motherboard from Mike in its place.  At the moment, it has the
> motherboard, 
> 3 hard drives of approx. 2GB apiece, a 24X CD-ROM drive, a 3.5"
> floppy 
> drive, a 5.25" floppy drive, and a tape drive.
> 
> I have not yet tried to turn it on because the three hard drives may
> be too 
> much for the 230-watt power supply; there aren't enough outlets for
> all of 
> them (and I don't have any splitters on hand).  I have it running
> right now 
> with two power supplies.
> 
> At the moment, I am just testing the working parts for any defects. 
> So far, 
> the only parts that are giving me problems are the second two hard
> drives 
> (both from the discarded boxes).  All I need now is to find an AT
> power 
> supply of at least 300 watts...
> 
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