Found someting interesting on E-Bay!!!

**chut** · 02-10-2004, 09:39 PM

Does that smiley face reflect your opinion of your purchase?

Originally Posted by robiewp

here are some more pictures (including of the USB pins)
http://www.lawlis.org/kiosk.htm

**robiewp** · 02-10-2004, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by chut

Does that smiley face reflect your opinion of your purchase?

You could say that

**chut** · 02-10-2004, 09:54 PM

great, can't wait to get mine.

**MTWallet** · 02-10-2004, 10:05 PM

In one of somebody's photos, it looks like there is a green wire to the PSU. That should be pin 14 on the ATX connector, if its got the wire, I'm thinking the PSU is standard. Doing a little research turned up that if you short pin 14 to ground, the PSU will run all the time its plugged in, sound familiar? I'm thinking somewhere on the MB pin 14 shorts to ground. Maybe on the back of the MB between the two PWR jumper pins?

Originally Posted by Bravellir

Just shorting the two PWR pins doesn´t do the trick ??

Probably the culprit is the power suply, mayby it doesný support being "controled" by the motherboard. Theres one way to be sure. Just plug a standard PSU, and try if you can switch on/off by shorting the PWR pins.

Brave

**ukchris** · 02-10-2004, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by MTWallet

In one of somebody's photos, it looks like there is a green wire to the PSU. That should be pin 14 on the ATX connector, if its got the wire, I'm thinking the PSU is standard. Doing a little research turned up that if you short pin 14 to ground, the PSU will run all the time its plugged in, sound familiar? I'm thinking somewhere on the MB pin 14 shorts to ground. Maybe on the back of the MB between the two PWR jumper pins?

Sounds like we'll all be better off once you get yours! *grin* Nice that someone knows this stuff!

**MTWallet** · 02-10-2004, 11:33 PM

I'm definately chomping at the bit to get my hands on one of these puppies! Come on UPS guy!

Originally Posted by ukchris

Sounds like we'll all be better off once you get yours! *grin* Nice that someone knows this stuff!

**ukchris** · 02-11-2004, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by MTWallet

I'm definately chomping at the bit to get my hands on one of these puppies! Come on UPS guy!

Okay, after a shutdown it finishes up at the "It's now safe to power off" screen, at that point I shorted the PWR pin with the one next to it and it rebooted, is that what you'd expect? Shorting them does not seem to cut the power. Hope this helps!

Chris.

**spectrrr** · 02-11-2004, 01:19 AM

to those that already have theirs, how is the screen brightness? what would you guess the numbers are? if it was put in the car, would it be a bit on the dim side?

**robiewp** · 02-11-2004, 02:26 AM

i would say about 275 NITS at the brightest setting. Comparable to a laptop screen, through the touchscreen overlay.

**MTWallet** · 02-11-2004, 09:41 AM

Interesting... Which O/S do you have loaded? The fact that it does not auto power off may indicate no power management through the BIOS. I would have hoped that what you did would have turned it off

but sounds more like it was a reset. Still waiting for tracking number and the UPS guy

Originally Posted by ukchris

Okay, after a shutdown it finishes up at the "It's now safe to power off" screen, at that point I shorted the PWR pin with the one next to it and it rebooted, is that what you'd expect? Shorting them does not seem to cut the power. Hope this helps!

Chris.