Quote: Originally Posted by
FusionFanatic 
the OPUS 320 can provide 15 amps (20 amps peak) on the +5V rail. older processors like Intel P3 (or earlier), AMD Athlon-XP (or earlier) get their main power from the +5v rail, but modern processors get the main power from the +12v rail. since the processor is usually the most power-hungry component it's probably safe to say that you have an extra 2 amps to spare on your OPUS 320's +5v rail (although I don't know the power draw of your system so I can guarantee that
) if you're worried about it then use the dual relay option I mentioned earlier (in
post #24).
a couple other questions for you HiJack...
1. -when you say, "caused melting", what actually melted? the hub, the PSU, the wires, etc?
2. -what could you possibly need 14 USB ports for? a single 4-port hub is usually necessary, but two 7-port hubs??? sheesh, I don't think I could use that many if I tried!
*The USB Hubs themselves. I could see a chip get really red. It then started smoking and burst into flames.
* My system has ever possible gadget to trick out my system 100%.... If you go to my work log you can see the list of everything. I have managed to lower the USB count to about 16 USB ports being used, so I have 6 USB ports open for future use.