Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 8/24/2012 1:53 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > In actuality I have only used these adapters on low power Atom > > motherboards. I am down in the 20 watts of power envelope area. So > > for me the single rail is more than enough. > > 4 pin aux CPU power plug on at Atom board? That's just silly. Agreed. But so it is. I found a listing for the product. I got it about $15 cheaper than this listing however. Add 4G of ram for $22 and it isn't a bad system. It isn't a performance machine. So don't expect it to be a video transcoder or gaming machine. But for the power envelope it is great. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121442 > My now retired Barton system had a TDP of 76.8W and used a standard 20 > pin ATX connector, drawing all power across board traces. Lasted 8 > years. This Atom board you mention makes me think it's simply easier to > design mobos that use aux power instead of pulling from the main plug, > so they're doing it even when it's not "necessary". Probably. > Back in '95 I had to steal the fan out of my bench supply to put in a > customer's machine. It was an old PSU so we didn't bother replacing the > fan, strictly using it for quick/dirty testing and what not from that > point, only running for short durations. You know where this is going... Good funny story! Thanks for sharing. > If anyone has an old PSU and wants some cheap kicks, invite some friends I think that must be accompanied by CO2 soda pop bottle bombs for the complete experience. And possibly a potato gun to trigger the hang-fires. :-) Bob
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