This time, I was attempting to burn a "backup" copy of a CD using my 52X TrueX as a source drive, and my Memorex 2x4x6x CDRW as destination. It appears that my power supply may be woefully insufficient, in that if I try to access both devices simultaneously, it just appears to go to sleep, until I open both trays, and then get the opportunity to kill the errant application. If I use my DVD-ROM as a source, it's perfectly fine.
Could be something to do with all those laser beams going off inside the case. The 52X has 7 lasers going simultaneously. The CDRW has at least 2 to do the reads and writes.
I went ahead and ordered a PCPower&Cooling 425ATX with built in voltage regulation, OC protection on all outputs, and built in thermal regulation (IE variable rate fan from 35CFM to 42CFM)...
It ran about $199, and is of course a new product, and is on back-order....
Here I go again...
Time for a new SIG...
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ABit BE6, PIII-450 OC'd 600Mhz. 128MB PC133HSDRAM, 2.0V, 39C, Matrox Millenium G400 MAX, Adaptec 2940UW, Seagate Cheetah 9.1GB, Quantum 4.5GB, Kenwood 52X TrueX, Mitsumi 3XDVD, Sony SDT-5010 4MM DAT, Toshiba 32X SCSI CD, Memorex 6x2x4x CDRW, Iomega 100MB Zip ATAPI, 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy, 3Com/USR 56K Voice Faxmodem Pro, HP DeskJet 895CXi, Pioneer VSX-3700S Dolby Surround Receiver, Design Accoustics 3-way fronts, Pioneer Surrounds, Logitech Marble FX
Could be something to do with all those laser beams going off inside the case. The 52X has 7 lasers going simultaneously. The CDRW has at least 2 to do the reads and writes.
I went ahead and ordered a PCPower&Cooling 425ATX with built in voltage regulation, OC protection on all outputs, and built in thermal regulation (IE variable rate fan from 35CFM to 42CFM)...
It ran about $199, and is of course a new product, and is on back-order....
Here I go again...
Time for a new SIG...
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ABit BE6, PIII-450 OC'd 600Mhz. 128MB PC133HSDRAM, 2.0V, 39C, Matrox Millenium G400 MAX, Adaptec 2940UW, Seagate Cheetah 9.1GB, Quantum 4.5GB, Kenwood 52X TrueX, Mitsumi 3XDVD, Sony SDT-5010 4MM DAT, Toshiba 32X SCSI CD, Memorex 6x2x4x CDRW, Iomega 100MB Zip ATAPI, 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy, 3Com/USR 56K Voice Faxmodem Pro, HP DeskJet 895CXi, Pioneer VSX-3700S Dolby Surround Receiver, Design Accoustics 3-way fronts, Pioneer Surrounds, Logitech Marble FX
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