We actually prefer the external 60W morex power supplies that ship with the casetronix cases. The power supply is large enough to get the job done. There is however not mcuh room for extra accessories. Try to add a second drive or shuch and bingo you are out of juice. We operate the computers in a very nasty shop environment where the sealed external suppy is ideal.
Cliff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LTSP discussion list Sent: 2/3/03 3:29 PM Subject: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: EPIA problems It's a pity that some $400 thin clients don't come with a decent builtin power supply. Those tiny external ones just aren't designed to cope with a couple of hundred watts. Moreover, don't overdo the watts! Chances are that your mobo wasn't designed to handle that much current. Which is probably why the manufacturer recommends a 40W PS in the first place. ;-) On 31-Jan-03 Baeseman, Cliff wrote: > I have done some testing and the via epia runs at 22W once it is > up for > about 30 seconds. > The 22W figure is a EPIA with a drive in it. On a compact flash > device this > drops to around > 17W. It will draw very close to 40W with a drive in it during spin > up. I > would assume it may > take even more than that during the start spike. > > > Cliff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Trider > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 1/31/03 2:18 PM > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: EPIA problems > > Hello ltsp-discuss-request, > > Friday, January 31, 2003, 5:21:06 AM, you wrote: > > > ldrlsn> But if the powersupply is too small, shouldn't the problem > occur > all the > ldrlsn> time? The two out of three times the boot completes, the > terminal runs > ldrlsn> fine. And the powersupply doesn't get very hot, so the 40W > supply seems > ldrlsn> "big" enough. Unless it needs more current at power-on? > > My theory: > > Power supplies can cause intermittent problems.. and yes, more > power > current is needed at power-on as there is a spike in power as > everything loads. > > My main computer doesn't have a large enough power supply to > accommodate my two CD-ROMS drives, two hard drives, video card, > sound > card, modem, NIC, tv tuner, and SCSI card.. it crashes randomly > during BIOS POST the first time.. if I hit the reset button it > works; > the drives have spun up, everything is already running, so there > is > consistent current. > > So yeah, I'd say stick a bigger supply in to test it.. > > --- > Ian Trider [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 34119829 AIM: iantri1 Y!: iantri1 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- Wouter DeBacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 03-Feb-03 22:29:57 (SuSE Linux Xfmail) -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
