RE: Dual athlon XP 1800 problems

Ken Witherow (ken@krwtech.com)
Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:21:14 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, steve roemen wrote:

> i had similar issues on my old 2460 board.
>
> i found out that a huge power supply doesn't cut it, you need a QUALITY
> power supply of ~400watts( more specifically the 5 volt bus).
>
> i also found out the hard way that i believe tyan didn't design that board
> properly because the 5 volt part of the connectors were burned up on the PS
> and MB.
>
> i've since replaced with a s2466n-4m and am very happy.
>
> i'd check your power supply connector before it burns up yours too...

PSU connector is fine... and I definitely need the extra juice since I'm
running quite a bit of power hungry hardware in this box (5 SCSI drives, a
GF4, etc). Both power supplies are pretty good Antecs. It does bother me
that they didn't use the AUX connector for the extra 5V power though

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