13 Jan
2012
13 Jan
'12
5:42 a.m.
On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:30 PM, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
Wasn't in the mood to open up the power supply. I'm not a huge fan of using the
AT power supply to begin with; I had to chop off the ends to stick 'em in .156"
headers anyway (which I don't feel too badly about because they're cheap generic
PC supplies, not an actual vintage item).
I could use an ATX supply if I wanted to put a soft switch in. At some point, I'll
have to make a board to wire up whatever supply I use to the .156" pins anyway, so
why not? They are, in fact, cheap. But I also like the dedicated, fanless ones.
Sometimes it's a matter of aesthetics.
- Dave
Because the
fan is making noises like it won't work for long. In general, I'd rather have no
moving parts in there, since a fan is much more likely to fail over time than old logic (I
got these boards off Ebay and only had to replace a total of 8 chips, only one of which
was not a 4116, and that's on a 30-year-old board).
Have you tried to use the AT PSU without the fan? Sometimes the current used is so low,
it can turn the fan off Also, I only
have one power supply between the two sets.
But an ATX power supply is SO cheap...Do you need any help hooking it up directly to
the board and measuring current?