I did a local pickup with an eBay seller that happened to be in my area (who listed the 1010 as "untested", so I expected the worst possible outcome anyway), but the PSU I'm using is one of those aftermarket Keelog "touch sensitive" kind. Will that not power on external drives?
EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to mention that my A1200 supposedly has an "accelerator" chip. I read somewhere on this forum that it could lead to a power drain of sorts.