On Tuesday 09 May 2006 12:40, Mitchell Brown wrote: > I would do this, but I don't think its gonna work. Because this is a > new computer, and the other computers in the house are very old, this > is gonna be the one with the most oomph. So, anything else is gonna > die regardless because there's not enough power. Oh, and I'm not sure > how to duplicate the problem. Like I said, its very random. Like, when > I wiped the drive with QT it worked just fine - now the rip fails > like, 3/4 the way through. Very odd .... I mean, if it *was* a PSU > problem, why would wiping the drive with QT fix it?
load. wiping a drive, only causes an electrical load from the drive. Ripping a movie causes a load from the drive AND the CPU - which apparently is too much for the PSU over an extended period. you've had LOTS of good advice on this thread. It's up to you to use it or ignore it. I don't mean to be rude, but this IS a Linux mailing list, not a hardware support line. :) Shawn _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
