Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!kth.se!ugle.unit.no!ugle!thoger From: thoger@solan.unit.no (Terje Th|gersen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Which motherboard? & Power supply? Message-ID: Date: 1 Feb 91 22:55:44 GMT References: <1173@culhua.prg.ox.ac.uk> Sender: news@ugle.unit.no Organization: The Norwegian Institute of Technology Lines: 29 In-Reply-To: mason@robots.ox.ac.uk's message of 30 Jan 91 22:37:38 GMT In article <1173@culhua.prg.ox.ac.uk> mason@robots.ox.ac.uk (Ian Mason) writes: I am posting this for someone, however he does read the comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware newsgroup. ----------------forwarded message----------------- I am thinking of upgrading a XT motherboard to either a 20MHz-286 or 16MHz-386sx. The questions are: 1) Are there any particular make of motherboard that I should avoid? Are there any particular chipsets (e.g. TI, UMC, C&T, DTK) that I should avoid? Any praises as well? [Addresses & tel. nos. of suppliers would be most helpful.] 2) Power consumption: how much can a 150 or 200W power supply handle? Thanks in advance --- Delman. Re power supplies, I used to run 2 85MB SCSI disks, 3 floppies and 6,5 MB RAM (in 256-kilobit DIPs, that's 234 chips..) off a 115 watt PS. Worked like a charm for over a year. The machine was an oldish '286. -Terje -- ____________________________________________________________________________ thoger@solan.unit.no | Institute of Physical Chemistry THOGER AT NORUNIT.BITNET | Div. of Computer Assisted Instrumental Analysis | Norwegian Institute of Technology