randall r schulz rgpoguasonicnet thursday 14 february 2008 1105 aaron kulkis wrote randall r schulz wrote thursday 14 february 2008 0618 greg freemyer wrote per dont know measured load important measure short power surges particular im suspicious load raid1 resync could technique catch 10 msec spike etc surely capacitors power supply elsewhere would absorb brief demand spikes much absorbing spikes much provide extra current needed spike demanded system components without current spike sudden increase demand results voltage spike sags ie goes ground instead higher potential meant absorb spike demand supplying transient requirement motor activation big one demand power surges get moving stay spinning long device excepting softwaredriven shutdown driver motor course talking demand spikes 10millisecond timescale coming spindle motors randall schulz wed 06 aug 2008 014606 0800 opensuse ot much power pc really consume