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    Some Power Questions!

    Hi! i just bought a 100W power supply from icd.se and a ITPS från there too!

    now! the question i have is will i be able to power a dvd player and a 3.5" HDD with this setup??

    Links to products:

    http://www.icd.se/default.aspx?aSa=Vp&Pi=807

    http://www.icd.se/default.aspx?aSa=Vp&Pi=805

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    Try it and see.

    Of note is that the ITPS will limit your power setup to 60W (unless you bypass the regulator, in which case you'll be pumping unregulated voltage all the way to your hard drive/dvd and motherboard).
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    What?!?! so the 100W is totally unessecary??!

    and why does the ITPS narrow it down to only 60w??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dj_Aleks
    What?!?! so the 100W is totally unessecary??!

    and why does the ITPS narrow it down to only 60w??
    And you need 13.3 volts going in to get 12 volts out!

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    LM1084 is a low dropout regulator rated at 5A.
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    New system at design/prototype stage on BeagleBoard.

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    A quick search would have helped!

    ITPS Regulation

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    *****! =( so how do i solve this problem??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dj_Aleks
    *****! =( so how do i solve this problem??
    Easy peasy, go buy an OPUS!

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    shure, if i lived in the US i would!

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    hmm..according to this there should´t be any problems??

    should i belive this or not?

    http://www.mini-box.com/powersimulator.html

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