Unstable Fedora Installation

[Robin Laing]

Bruce Feist wrote:
> Gilboa Davara wrote:
> 
>> I assume that you have a rather recent graphics card, right?
>> You need a better power supply. At least a 450w unit.
>>  
>>
> Interesting thought!  I'm using the graphics capabilities built into the 
> RS480M2 mother board -- no separate card.  But, with that many disks in 
> the system, maybe the 400W isn't enoug.
> 
>> To check my assumption, disconnect all the DVD and SATA drives and most
>> of the fans (keep the case open), and check if the stability improves.
>>  
>>
> Sounds good.  It's not a completely fair comparison, though -- stability 
> might improve if one of the components I disconnect is faulty and 
> responsible for the problem.  I'll give it a try, though.
> 
>> On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 17:32 -0400, Bruce Feist wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> It's an MSI RS480M2-IL mother board with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU, 
>>> and two 512MB DDR-400 PC3200 RAM.  Primary hard drive is an 80 gig 
>>> IDE ATA/100 WD drive, and there are actually four different 250 gig 
>>> SATA/150 WD drives, as well as  a pair of Lite-on 16x DVD+-R/RW IDE 
>>> dual layer drives.  The CPU has a 400 watt VTech power supply, and 
>>> there are multiple fans in the case.
>>>
> 

Here is an article on calculating the power needs.

http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,119585,pg,2,00.asp

I ran into a similiar problem when I added new drives to my computer a 
few weeks ago.

-- 
Robin Laing