Julio Jumpa wrote: > ...so, what would be the max. current specs for the supply to drive an > integrated (sound/video/modem) motherboard, 32MB of RAM, compact flash with > an IDE adapter, running DOS (or maybe linux). Why not just *add* the current consumption from each of these, and then you have your answer. Why ask ? Read the specifications / manuals / data sheets. There are *so* many different models of each of these, so I don't think you can get a generic answer to that. Jan-Erik. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.