Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!maytag!water!ljdickey From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Mega 2 Fan Question Message-ID: <2990@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 15 Feb 90 15:03:39 GMT References: <19415@nuchat.UUCP> <76921@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 18 In article <76921@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: > > I have a mega 2 with PC speed installed, and one external SF314 disk drive. >When either disk drive is accessed the fan in the mega slows down... >Is this a normal condition? Should I check my power supply? Could it have >anything to do with PC Speed? My Mega 2 does this too. Did it when it was new. Still does it now. I take it to mean marginal power supply and heavy current draw by the motor for the drive. So far, I have no hardware additions. Anyone else who knows better have comments on this? -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@water.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu