Re: Firewire/USB Card for Qube 2

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

phf%cs.jhu.edu@localhost wrote:

> Are you using the stock power supply?

I'm not sure if it's a stock one, but it says 12V 3.3A 40W CONT.

> I have a custom 60W, so maybe I  
> won't have that issue. Or do you think this is Qube-internal and has  
> nothing to do with the power supply?

If the problem is capacity of 12V power line, larger power supply
won't have the problem. If it's caused by shortage of 12V-to-5V
regulator on the motherboard, replacing adapter won't help so much.
(anyway I should replace my IDE drive with less power one ;-)

> BTW, I'll also experiment with replacing the boot drive with a dual  
> CF sometime soon, but I still have no clue how I am going to set that  
> up exactly. (That's actually the real reason why I want external  
> disks to work, I don't want to recompile the kernel on the CF.)

I think CF would be probed as standard IDE drives, but
I'm not sure if the firmware will recognize it properly.

For a quick test, you might be able to put your CF as primary slave
on cable of your working (master) IDE disk.
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Izumi Tsutsui