[PLUG] wacky Pentium-200 MHz/Adaptec DuoConnect PCI card behavior

[Derek Loree]

On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 23:04, Russell Senior wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I just innocently plugged an Adaptec DuoConnect PCI card (USB2 and
> Firewire) into an old crufty Pentium-I 200MHz box and it wouldn't
> power up!  No lights, no fans, no nuthin'.  Pull the DuoConnect, boots
> fine.  Unplug stuff, no difference.
> 
> Anybody see this before?  Not that it's a big problem, the P200 is way
> overdue for retirement and its upgrade is going to help fund a new P4
> for me (I am swapping a working P3 in exchange for funds that will let
> me populate an existing P4 board), so I am not complaining too hard,
> but WTF?

I've seen a weak power supply do this kind of thing, easy enough to
test.

Good Luck,

Derek Loree