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From: wallace@ynotme.enet.dec.com (Ray Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: HD ST251 in SH204 doesn't start
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Date: 8 Apr 91 16:47:55 GMT
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In article <68@gypsy.ims.fhg.de>, sievert@gypsy.ims.fhg.de (Karsten Sievert) writes...
>Some month ago I bought an old SH204 housing with a Seagate ST251 40MB HD.
>This combination doesn't start properly. After power up it never starts,
A hard disk draws a lot of current when is first turned on. If the power
supply is not big enough to handle the drive then you will see problems on
powerup. This frequently happens when people upgrade a drive mechanism (ie:
putting a 40 meg drive into an SH204) without upgrading the power supply (or
checking it to see if it is sufficient).

Try powering the drive off of a bigger power supply (mostly the +12 has to
have more current drive) and see if that doesn't cure your problem.

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