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Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
29 Jun 2017 21:48


I am having an issue that make the screen go black when there are harddrive activity or other stuff that drain Power. It seems that this occur when I'm using higher resolution than 800x600.
At 720P its like on off all the time.
I'm thinking of getting an ATX Power supply. Those are rather cheap, but are they difficult to adapt to the Amiga?
They can deliver a lot more amp than the original supply.


Vojin Vidanovic

Posts 770
29 Jun 2017 22:05


Here are some nice guides
http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/amiga_hacks/Amiga_Power_supplies/amiga_power_supplies.html#ATXPSU

Hmm, is it a 2.5" IDE A600 drive or something else? As far as I can go back in time, my A1200 needed extra power for 3.5" HDD and CD-ROM, at least IDE devices supplied from an ATX power supply. Original 2.5" drive and 020/28 FPU FAST RAM accel card made no trouble, so should not even the Vampire.


Peter Heginbotham

Posts 214
29 Jun 2017 22:23


This works well

EXTERNAL LINK 


Nixus Minimax

Posts 416
30 Jun 2017 10:08


I like the Meanwell PSUs (be sure to pick the right one). Small, sturdy, no tinkering required and fit the plastic case of the Amiga PSU.




Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
30 Jun 2017 11:59


Thanks a lot for tips, this was really Nice.


Todd H

Posts 27
01 Jul 2017 01:19


I used Ian's pico adapter on that page and it worked like a charm. Just make sure to get an authentic pico power supply. There's a lot of low quality clones out there.


Roy Gillotti

Posts 517
01 Jul 2017 18:08


Todd H wrote:

I used Ian's pico adapter on that page and it worked like a charm. Just make sure to get an authentic pico power supply. There's a lot of low quality clones out there.

I'm pretty sure I got a real Pico PSU as I bought it directly from mini-box, but I had an 80W version that just didn't seem to keep up with the power consumption of my V600. I switched to a mean well supply and stopped getting sporadic DIGITAL-VIDEO screen blanking


Nixus Minimax

Posts 416
01 Jul 2017 20:40


Roy Gillotti wrote:

  I'm pretty sure I got a real Pico PSU as I bought it directly from mini-box, but I had an 80W version that just didn't seem to keep up with the power consumption of my V600. I switched to a mean well supply and stopped getting sporadic DIGITAL-VIDEO screen blanking

80W is plenty for an A600. I assume the Meanwell has a slightly higher voltage in the 5V rail.


Peter Heginbotham

Posts 214
01 Jul 2017 21:03


I would try and power hard and floppy drive directly from the PicoPSU if you are running the PSU inside the case.


Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
04 Jul 2017 15:06


Will this one do the trick?  :-)
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Nixus Minimax

Posts 416
04 Jul 2017 21:23


Jon Steinar Kvaale wrote:

Will this one do the trick?  :-)
  EXTERNAL LINK 

Yes.


Tim D

Posts 84
11 May 2018 21:32


I noticed my heavy powerbrick is a bit flaky (the cable). Would a newer lighter A1200 psu provide enough to power an A500 + Vampire 500V2+?


Roy Gillotti

Posts 517
12 May 2018 00:41


Tim D wrote:

I noticed my heavy powerbrick is a bit flaky (the cable). Would a newer lighter A1200 psu provide enough to power an A500 + Vampire 500V2+?

A1200 has the same weak PSU as the A600.


Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6207
14 May 2018 07:57


The VAMP + AMIGA can run stable with a weak AMIGA PSU.
But such setup would be on the edge.
Especially if you have other consumers added like INDI you run low on power.
And as all AMIGA PSU are now 30 year old - we can not recommend such setup.

Getting new reliable PSU, like a RT65-B meanwhell would ensure a stable setup.


Thomas Blatt

Posts 200
14 May 2018 08:23


I recapped my original PSU, my Amiga600 works very stable like a new computer


Tim D

Posts 84
14 May 2018 09:29


Gunnar von Boehn wrote:

  Getting new reliable PSU, like a RT65-B meanwhell would ensure a stable setup.

Thanks Gunnar! Is there an easy (meaning no soldering) way to connect this to an A500, i.e. is there some adapter cable available somewhere?


Martin Soerensen

Posts 232
14 May 2018 10:14


Tim D wrote:

Gunnar von Boehn wrote:

  Getting new reliable PSU, like a RT65-B meanwhell would ensure a stable setup.
 

 
  Thanks Gunnar! Is there an easy (meaning no soldering) way to connect this to an A500, i.e. is there some adapter cable available somewhere?

AFAIK nobody makes any finished solutions. The MW PSU has screw-terminals, so there is actually no soldering involved. You just need to be able to remove the insulation from the original PSU cable and connect them to the proper terminals. Since the MW PSU is an industrial PSU meant for installation inside another product, it does not have a real case (what you see is only an RF shield on top, but the bottom is exposing high voltages). Installation inside a case is mandatory (the original Amiga PSU case is suitable if you add some spacers to the MW PSU and glue them to the bottom of the case).


Marlon Beijer

Posts 182
14 May 2018 10:48


Tim D wrote:

Gunnar von Boehn wrote:

  Getting new reliable PSU, like a RT65-B meanwhell would ensure a stable setup.
 

 
  Thanks Gunnar! Is there an easy (meaning no soldering) way to connect this to an A500, i.e. is there some adapter cable available somewhere?

EXTERNAL LINK + cable from Amiga PSU


Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6207
14 May 2018 11:42


Marlon Beijer wrote:

  EXTERNAL LINK + cable from Amiga PSU
 

One comment:
ATX can work but we should generally NOT recommend to use ATX.
Several ATX power supplies work fine with AMIGA,
but NOT ALL WILL work fine!
 
Your AMIGA needs with 8-12 Watt only - many ATX PSU are not designed for this "green computing".
 


Roger Simons

Posts 14
14 May 2018 12:44


I was using the 2,5 Amp PSU and I did find some stability issues. Switched to 4,5 Amp PSU, problems solved.

I had some freezes and the screen would go black every now and than.

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