I have not tried your combination, but I did build a system that had a
Tri-M MZ104 (700mA at 5V) and a Maxtor HDD that had a spec requirement
of 475mA at 5V. My supply was via a 10W DC-DC converter that should
have given 2000mA at 5V. With this setup sometimes the drive would
start and sometimes it would not start. From this experience I would
say that a bare minimum requirement would be 3 x the rating of the
HDD. So in your case 1500mA should be sufficient to get your HDD
starting reliably, but if possible give it a little more to be
absolutely sure.
Geoff Veale
--- In "Sean Hopkins" <> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/07, Jason Stahls <> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not objecting to the HDD, I'm saying that I dont' think the
stock TS
> > power supply can supply the current required to run a TS board and
a HDD.
> > The HDD is 500mA and I bet the PS can't supply much more then that.
> >
>
> I was hoping the specs would give a hint as to what the power needs
it might
> have. I will be digging further.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Sean
>
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