Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:46:18 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "burnscharlesn@hotmail.com" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com>, "TD790@aol.com" <TD790@aol.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 64-bit PCI mobos Message-ID: <20020126164417.299B148449@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <43.58ae011.29843121@aol.com>
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:19:45 EST, TD790@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 1/25/02 9:09:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, >burnscharlesn@hotmail.com writes: > >> >Have you tried to run them with 180watt power supplies? Or in a humid >> >environment? The problems are well-known and have nothing to do with >> >"luck". >> >At least they admit it...they took back about 70 MBs from us without >boxes >> >or >> >accessories. >> >> Can you really blame a motherboard when the system is using such a minimal >> power supply? Extremely low wattage power supplies are often made with >lower >> >> quality parts as well, as what reason is there to get such a wimpy PS >other >> than price? >> If the Tyan boards malfunctioned in humid conditions whereas other boards >> worked well, that is certainly not forgivable (though none of the Tyan >> boards that I have used have had such problems). >> > >The 810/815 chipset specs should require less 150watts with a single IDE >drive, as ALL other MBs of similar design function well. Most 1U systems have >such "wimpy" power supplies (150 is common), so I guess your "world" is >different than mine. I have to remember what list this is after all :-) > >We already, in this thread, have 2 noted "flaws" in MBs from a single company >(not random occurances, but known and similar design problems), yet you'll >argue (with no technical understanding of the subject) that there are no >problems because you havent experienced them. Why? this is why I have an abit board with a 400 watt power supply. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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