Thread: Too much power consumption with 300w - Need help

Either you'll have to get rid of GPS or loose some power. Maybe you can under clock the CPU a 100 mhz, or if it has a floppy drive, unplug that. What about the cdrom, do you use it? if not unplug it. 256 of ram, is that 1 stick or 2 128 sticks? If so take out a stick and see if anything changes. You can also drop the voltage on the CPU. What is it, 2.2V? Try 2.15 or 2.1V and see if it still boots.

[ 12-27-2001: Message edited by: Squeezer ]

Or, get a bigger inverter??

I can't say this for sure because I have never used any of their inverters, but Jenson SUCKS! I have had some experience with their amplifiers and stereos and have yet to have a good experience. In each case the stuff works fine (although not as well as they claim) but then craps out after about 8 months worth of use.

Good luck, and I hope your experience can work out better than any of mine did.

Anyone know of any good inverters that go over 300 watts? I've purchased 3 different inverters, and they all suck. (Especially the Jensen) I'd rather have some input before i lay down another $100. Also would underclocking my processor really help that much with the voltage? I

Stop by RadioShack we (I'm a store manager there) have a true 300 watt for $99.99 that has 2 AC outlets. It has a fan and a fuse. Should be much better than a jensen.

Modify your GPS to get power from a seperate dc-dc PS (a very small one, just for the GPS). If it takes ~12vdc natively, then just hook it up to the switched car battery.

If you've really spent hundreds on inverters.. well.. that sucks. You can get an excellent DC-DC power supply that does 250W for $180. I spent $25 on my 150W inverter (which was more than enough) before replacing it with a DC-DC.

I've yet to see a dc-dc ps that can power a bookpc the +5 is fine but for some reason book pc's draw a ****load of power on the +12 rail....

[ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: Ces///M3 ]