I've got an internal DLT7000 drive in my system and it has been causing power problems. The system has a Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI, Athlon64/3000+, 2x 512mb RAM strips, a few HDs, an LG DVD burner, and most recently an ATI Radeon X1600 video card (had an X700 before that and a Geforce 6200 before that), and the DLT drive is connected to a barebones PCI 16bit SCSI card. The system is not overclocked in any way and is powered by an Antec SP-500, 500Watts of ATX 2.0 goodness.
Here's what has happened. Originally I had a different DLT drive (a DLT4000 powered on a PCI Iomega Buz card), an nVidia Geforce 6200 PCI-E card and a 400W ATX 1.0 PSU. When I installed the DLT drive the system stopped working correctly after an hour and only removing the video card got it working again. I replaced that card with an ATI Radeon X700 and got the DLT7000, and also got the Antec SP500 PSU. I connected them all up and it ran for a good while, no problems. Then one morning it wouldn't turn on, and again removing the video card got it going. I replaced the video card with the X1600 which is where I am now.
I really like the components I've got, and most of all, I don't want to go through that hassle again, nevermind wasted money.
So the question is, how can I get the DLT drive to reliably work without killing more parts?
Do I need an even more powerful DLT drive, do I need to scrap the idea of having an internal DLT drive and just get an external one? Any recommendations?
Thanks.
Damien
Here's what has happened. Originally I had a different DLT drive (a DLT4000 powered on a PCI Iomega Buz card), an nVidia Geforce 6200 PCI-E card and a 400W ATX 1.0 PSU. When I installed the DLT drive the system stopped working correctly after an hour and only removing the video card got it working again. I replaced that card with an ATI Radeon X700 and got the DLT7000, and also got the Antec SP500 PSU. I connected them all up and it ran for a good while, no problems. Then one morning it wouldn't turn on, and again removing the video card got it going. I replaced the video card with the X1600 which is where I am now.
I really like the components I've got, and most of all, I don't want to go through that hassle again, nevermind wasted money.
So the question is, how can I get the DLT drive to reliably work without killing more parts?
Do I need an even more powerful DLT drive, do I need to scrap the idea of having an internal DLT drive and just get an external one? Any recommendations?Thanks.
Damien
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