Hello that's the question I'm goig to setup a file server on an old PII mb with a PII 233 cpu on it and with 6 HD. To power them I'd like to use a 300W fanless Power suply. Do you think it's possible? How much watt does a HD 3:5 take? Thank you serge

Nothing very much ....a dvd rom ... a net card "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid> wrote in message news:2hlmu4-oig.ln1@psd.news.gnode.com.au... > on Friday 19 October 2007 20:07 > in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.hardware > =SERGE= wrote: > >> Hello that's the question >> >> I'm goig to setup a file server on an old PII mb with a PII 233 cpu on it >> and with 6 HD. >> To power them I'd like to use a 300W fanless Power suply. >> >> Do you think it's possible? >> How much watt does a HD 3:5 take? > > It should be written on the HD itself. Different models have different > needs. If the label quotes Amps, them remember that W=VxA. > Also most drives need power supplied at 12V *and* 5V. > > What else is in the box? > > -- > sig goes here... > Peter D.

Previously =SERGE= <serge_mtu@mtu-net.ru> wrote: > Hello that's the question > I'm goig to setup a file server on an old PII mb with a PII 233 cpu on it > and with 6 HD. > To power them I'd like to use a 300W fanless Power suply. > Do you think it's possible? > How much watt does a HD 3:5 take? I found that you need about 25W per HDD for reliable startup. They consume significantly less when running. Deduce 100W for the mainboard and you should be able to run 8 HDDs with this PSU. Arno