Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 19:20:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Alpha <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FAQ and power for PC164SX Message-ID: <199908160220.TAA15936@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:19:22 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908152209190.49952-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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The 164SX board should work with any normal ATX power supply; certainly all the ones I've built have. > Anyone know the location of any kind of readme, even if it's got loads > of spelling errors and bad BO, regarding Alpha installations? > > > Anyhow, I have a PC164SX board. I'd heard that the PC164* boards needed > to have a kludged ATX power supply, because the interface offered from > the board to the power supply had no ability to turn the power supply on > and off. Well, now that I have one, and I've read the PC164SX trm, it > says on page 2-13 that connector J1 is for Soft Power, and pin 1, INPUT, > is identified by the string "System Power On/Off". That seems > suspiciously like just that I was told was missing from the power > supply. Could someone please explain about the power situation? I have > a 300 watt standard ATX PS, and I'm loathe to spend extra on a specially > kludged PS unless there's good reason. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. > (301) 220-2114 | > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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