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- Reply-To: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- From: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 22:23:28 GMT
- Subject: Question ...
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- In article <>, "Philip D. Porth" (pdporth@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) writes:
- >On 12 Jan 1996, James Chamblin wrote:
- >> > What is the big diference beetween the 1541 II and the
- >> >standard 1541. I have been offered a 1541 II, and I'm wondering if
- >> >I should buy it in prefernce to a 1541 (Newer version, as it has a
- >> >half size motherboard ?).
- >
- >> I have not actually had a 1541-11 so I can't tell you from expereince,
- >> but I'm told that the 1541-11 is more subject to breakdowns and is more
- >> difficult to fix. Other than that it is identical to the 1541.
- >The biggest advantage to the 1541 II is the external power supply. Anyone
- >who has used their drives for many hours of hard use at a time will tell
- >you that the biggest problem with the regular 1541 is that it overheats
- >and won't work properly until it cools down or a cooling fan is installed.
- >
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- Yes, the board on the original 1541 I now purchased seems
- only to be half size. I can now Install a cooling fan. Where do I
- conect it, and how. Blue to Orange in Parralell ?
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- The fan is a standard 486DX cooling fan, will it be OK on
- the PSU ?
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- Cheers !
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