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dandrews · 11-23-2006, 09:45 AM

Whooohooo... got the modified PS to power up and spin my drives.

A special thanks to Phoenix32 for all his help and suggestions in how to mod a ATX power supply to use in the 4000. Worked just as he outlined.

I used a ATX supply that is capable of pushing 18 amps on teh +5 and 12 amps on the +12 rails. I decided to add a 2nd fan to the snap just to handle the extra heat generated by this larger supply. Not sure if it would be a problem but I did not want to take a chance. Just used the fan from the mod'ed power supply.

Have a bit of a problem with current draw and spinning up 4 drives at once but I am sure I will find that shortly.

Anyway, 2nd 4000 is now in service. I will let it run for a week or so before I upgrade the drives to 250's. The original 30's are in it now.

Again, thanks for all the help Andy!

Don

11-23-2006, 09:45 AM	#42
dandrews Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23	Re: Snap Server Boot Image Whooohooo... got the modified PS to power up and spin my drives. A special thanks to Phoenix32 for all his help and suggestions in how to mod a ATX power supply to use in the 4000. Worked just as he outlined. I used a ATX supply that is capable of pushing 18 amps on teh +5 and 12 amps on the +12 rails. I decided to add a 2nd fan to the snap just to handle the extra heat generated by this larger supply. Not sure if it would be a problem but I did not want to take a chance. Just used the fan from the mod'ed power supply. Have a bit of a problem with current draw and spinning up 4 drives at once but I am sure I will find that shortly. Anyway, 2nd 4000 is now in service. I will let it run for a week or so before I upgrade the drives to 250's. The original 30's are in it now. Again, thanks for all the help Andy! Don