[Wizard] power issues & Driver help?

[Mike Fineberg]

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On 12/09/2003 at 8:36 PM Craig Ringer wrote:


>There are indications that the PSUs they come with are barely adequate 
>for the draw of the machines in their standard configuration. 

I really don't think so. They should be drawing 2.1A, with the PSU's capable of 4A.  I think it's just some flakey PSUs...

>In particular, they apparently go flakey when you add a larger, 7200rpm 
>hard disk

Ahh, yes, that might do it :-)  a 500mA 4,200rpm HDD vs. a (sorry not sure what amperage) 7,200rpm drive... [an old 5,400rpm drive of mine is 0.62A, but I'm not sure how that compares to modern drives]

>or much above 128mb of RAM (despite the board being rated for 
>512mb).

I thought it was only rated to 128MB...

"2.6.1 Introduction
You can install anywhere from 16 MB to 128 MB of on-board
DRAM memory using 16, 32, 64 or 128 MB 144-pin SODIMMs
(Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Modules)."

>This might be worth keeping in mind for upgrade plans. I wouldn't be 
>surprised if a more capable 5V power adapter could be used to fix the 
>issue, but I don't know the details of how much current the motherboard 
>can handle, so the limitation might not be the power adapter or not 
>entirely so.

This was interesting:

"• Power consumption (typical) :
- +5 V @ 3.0 A with GXM-233, 64 MB SODIMM and 40 MB
CFC (PCM-5820)
- +5 V @ 1.9 A with GXM-233, 64 MB SODIMM and 40 MB
CFC (PCM-5820 Rev. A104 or higher"

Can someone confirm what revision board we are using? (note that their Amp usage would be [slightly] higher with the inclusion of the compact flash card...)

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Has anyone (if not, could someone) upload(ed) the Win311 network drivers from the CD?
"D:\5820\Ethernet.100\wfw311"
(I'd like to nab them, if possible)

- Michael