[mythtv-users] Power bill vs SchedulesDirect bill

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/18/2007 07:10 PM, Yan Seiner wrote:
> Robin Hill wrote:
>   
>> You will, of course, need to make sure the power supply is big enough
>> for your needs.  Remember to check on each power rail, not the total -
>> it's no good needing 100W at 5V when it only supplies 60.
>>     
> One thing to keep in mind:
>
> Hard drives can take a lot more power to spin up than to run.
>
> So if your box is loaded up with 4-6 drives, you probably need a honking 
> big PS even if your continuous power needs are pretty low.

A friend who has a Myth box with 4 drives and 4 PVR-250's in it gets CRC
errors reading the kernel after every 3rd reboot or so and I seriously
believe that's exactly why it happens.  Once the system is up and
running, it's rock-solid stable--it's just during initial boot that it
has issues.

Mike