[mythtvnz] Pointers on how to track down machine lockup

[Wade Maxfield]

On 11/10/2010, at 12:35 PM, Douglas Pearless wrote:

> I had a similar problem that I eventually traced to the power supply, it was under-rated for the number of hard disks (etc) that I had.  Replace the power supply and viola everything was stable again.
> 
> What size PSU do you have and what is the total power requirement of your system?
> 
> Cheers
> Douglsa.
> 
> 


It's an Antec Signature 650W.

That should be more than adequate since current power draw while idle is 115-120W, and under load it's spikes to as high as 176W (as measured using a Kill-a-watt style inline power meter). 

Components
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Core i7 860 (95W TDP)
3 hard drives
1 Optical drive
2 DVB-S cards
1 PVR card
Nvidia 7600 PCIe card
1 cordless mouse with dock/charger

Using any of the PSU rating calculators ( http://www.antec.outervision.com/PSUEngine ) I have a recommended rating of around 348W.

 - Wade