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Title: A1200 25W PSU on A500?
Post by: Anonymous MOS on July 08, 2007, 09:20:24 PM

Hey guys,

     I know it's better to use the old A500 (powerhouse) PSU on an upgraded A1200 because of the higher wattage, but can the 25 watt A1200 PSU operate a stock A500?

Thanks again,
Steve

Title: Re: A1200 23W PSU on A500?
Post by: amigakit on July 08, 2007, 09:21:33 PM

Yes, its OK to use it.

Title: Re: A1200 23W PSU on A500?
Post by: rkauer on July 09, 2007, 03:16:35 AM

But never, ever, try this with a single memory expansion (like SupraRAM) attached!

Title: Re: A1200 23W PSU on A500?
Post by: Anonymous MOS on July 09, 2007, 03:29:42 AM

:-D  Okay.  I was actually running my A1200 system with the 25 watt PSU.  :-(  Maybe that's why all the crashes I was having?

Title: Re: A1200 23W PSU on A500?
Post by: Homer on July 09, 2007, 05:51:53 AM

Quite possibly. Whwn mine failed, it dropped the output just long enough to crash the Miggy, then restored itself. I ended up with an oscilloscope attached to it to see it happening !
Time for a new psu  :lol:

Title: Re: A1200 23W PSU on A500?
Post by: HellCoder on July 09, 2007, 09:29:21 AM

Quote

rkauer wrote:
But never, ever, try this with a single memory expansion (like SupraRAM) attached!

Why not?, care to explain this?
I'd like to know.