thanatos106

Yes.

Thanatos.

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Sonicxtacy02

wait a minute. With your list of components from post one PLUS a full size dvd you were only pullin 110 watts? Maybe i dont have to worry about how my amd mobile is gonna fair afterall.

Griff1

thats what i thought when i saw this thread,if he can power all that then my P4 1.8,all in 1 desktop board,laptop Hard Drive and a few USB devices should have no trouble.The opus wouldn't of powered it.

Goofus

Actually no. I haven't had a chance to load it up and finish the test yet, but it was pulling 110W with:

Asus P4S533 matx motherboard
Onboard sound
P4 1.8 Northwood cpu overclocked to 2.4
256 meg ram
3.5" 40GB harddrive
GeForce 4mx
pci wireless card (I doubt the transmitter was powered during the windows install)
Gyration usb wireless mouse/keyboard
Full sized DVDRW

during a windows installation. It only hit that high a couple of times. During most of the install, it was around 80 watts while the cd was spinning. I kept cutting myself on the case, so I've been busy making a slightly less ghetto one. Once I get up and running again I'll post some numbers

edikp

Thanks for a good review. Can't wait to put my M2-ATX to work.

Btw, the Schwinn Tigress, what color is yours?

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john94587

Good Review.
Have you test how many watts will it go up to if you're playing a DVD??
I'm guessing it will jump. LoL.

CavityCr33p

I'm hoping my m2-atx coming in will be able to power mine....hrmm

Athlon XP 1900+
512mb DDR
80gb 3.5" Hd
Fullsize Slot load DVD-rom
ATI rage agp card
MSI Dualnet WiFi/Bluetooth card
2.0 4 port PCI card
Touchscreen usb and LCD power
Ps2 mini Keyboard
PS2/serial gps
USB 2.0 4 port hub

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JasonWW

For those that have 2+Ghz CPU's, have you considered down clocking it a little to 1500 or so? Drop the core voltage down some and bingo - comsumes less power, runs cooler and is still quick.

Just a thought.

Goofus

Here's my *****in Tigress.

john94587

Let me know how the progress goes. CavityCr33p

JasonWW

Hey, I'm using an ATX PSU with the mobo connector jumped to get it to turn on and provide 12volts for me to test my M2.

Now without a mobo to test, can I jumper the M2 mobo connector as well to get it to turn on? I plugged an LED into the LED jumper and plugged a fan into one of the molex connectors. It looks like the LED comes on, but the fan doesn't.

Shouldn't the fan come on with the LED? Any other way to test this M2 without a mobo?

I tried it with the mobo in the car, but it won't boot it up, so I want to see if the problem is in the M2 or my mobo.

CavityCr33p

You would probably need to jumper the M2, but Im not sure which pins...the same for the psu maybe?

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JasonWW

I tried that. It didn't seem to come on. I'm wondering if it HAS to have a mobo of some kind. I also tried not jumpering the M2 connector. The LED came on, but no fan.

Jumpering consists of connecting the green mobo wire to one of the black ground wires next to it. Pretty easy.

kamikaze2112

This may seem like a silly question, but if i want to run my monitor off the 12v rail, should I throw a fuse in there between the monitor and power supply? I'm also thinkin about running a usb hub as well, so i'm guessing the answer will be the same for both.

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JasonWW

If the monitor is pretty far away and there is a chance that the cable could get pinched, then add a fuse (3-5 amp fast blow) close to the PSU. I'm not really sure it's needed, though. Over the years I've shorted home PSU's by accident messing around with them and they usually shut off instantly.