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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.

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doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net

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