[ale] two sata drives fail at the same time?

[Geoffrey]

scott wrote:
> 
> the #1 cause of most H/W issues I see is due to Power.  Drives are 
> taking more and power.  CPUs (especially Intel) are gobbling up power 
> like never before.  Videocards are destroying the power.  It used to be 
> a 250watt PS was HUGE.  Now more and more people are needing PS with 
> wattage greater than 500.  So my suggestion to all is if you are 
> replacing a PS, get a larger (in wattage) one that you have now.
> 
> good luck!!

Replaced a 380w with a 600w.

> 
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 10:47 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
>> You working success is good news!
>>
>> Over the last 10 years I have seen more and more system failures 
>> related to crappy power supplies. I am beginning to wonder if a crisis 
>> is brewing between production cost and quality. Power supplies are 
>> tasked with more capabilities yet have declined in cost for power 
>> output (I think) even faster than motherboards, ram and cpu's.  maybe 
>> we need some opensource designs out there to evaluate...
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com 
>> <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     New power supply is in and we are cooking again.  Sweet, thanks
>>     for the
>>     troubleshooting assistance folks!
>>
>>     --
>>     Until later, Geoffrey
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Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin