22 February 2010, 16:42 | #1 |
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is it good or bad to use a a1200 PSU"brick" with an A500?
Because that's what im doing at the moment. ??
Don't have a a500-psu-brick for it. |
22 February 2010, 16:45 | #2 |
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Shouldn't make much difference theoretically but the 1200's brick is not as powerful as the A500's. So if you ever decided to expand your A500 with other goodies I wouldn't rely on it too much as it's pretty weak. But if it's working and not giving you any grief currently then I guess you're fine.
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22 February 2010, 16:50 | #3 |
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okay, thanks
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22 February 2010, 18:12 | #4 |
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Yeah, they're the same kind only the A1200 is 22W and the heavy brick A500 PSU is 36W. There's also a light brick A500 PSU, dunno the specs for that one.
I'm using an A1200 PSU with my living room A500+, I've had 2 Zorro boards installed at one point, and later a SCSI expansion with 8MB+Acard+CF. (Though not for any length of time.) But for just the A500/+ without expansion the 22W PSU should work fine. If you add expansions you could benefit from a heavy brick A500 PSU, or a modified PC PSU (usually come with fan) or arcade cabinet PSU (quiet). I've no idea how you can detect the PSU is struggling, presumably the +5 will be fine and you'll notice the other voltages not quite getting there (audio and floppy shenanigans I guess). |
22 February 2010, 20:38 | #5 |
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Here's one... Is it ok to use my old A500 PSU with an expanded A1200 (hard drive and 030 card with 32mb). I know people say to use the 4.5A version but my one says 4.3A on the 5V rail and it also says 60W. Would this be ok? Cheers
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22 February 2010, 21:04 | #6 |
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Better than the A1200 standard brick, I'm sure. Just compare the values on each. Take the one with more amps.
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22 February 2010, 21:44 | #8 |
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Actually running my A1200-060 off the 36W PSU I mentioned. I simply looked at the needs and made a swap
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