Archos Overdrive

[Brian Hoskins]

Hi all,

Can anyone cast their memory back to those Overdrive units you used to get for A1200 desktops? They were made by Archos.

I have one of these and I wanted to use it for testing some hardware on one of my A1200 motherboards.  Unfortunately I've misplaced the power supply.  Can anyone tell me what power supply is required to run these things? (I need D.C. voltage output of the adaptor and current)

Thanks in advance for any help.

Brian

[AndrewBell]

It's 12V, mine was powered from the external floppy port.
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[Brian Hoskins]

Thanks for that Andrew.  I suspected it would be 12V and I considered taking a risk by applying 12V to it but I decided it would be a far better idea to ask someone else first!

Brian

[Brian Hoskins]

Ok thanks Andrew that worked fine.  I applied 12V with my variable D.C. power supply and she booted up from the external HD.  For reference, the unit takes 130 - 150mA in use but requires 1A to start because of the HD motors.  So you'll need a power supply capable of 12V, 1A to use it.

Brian

[AndrewBell]

BrianJHoskins wrote:
Ok thanks Andrew that worked fine

That's lucky, because I thought you were talking about the CD-Rom devices lol.
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[Brian Hoskins]

Oh right! Yes that is lucky then.  If they're smart though, there's an on-board regulator inside anyway so in that case the applied voltage would be less critical.

Brian

[DoogUK]

i have one with no power supply so i bought a heavy duty 12v supply for it....unfortunately got the polarity round wrong way and now no longer works :boohoo: