250 watts psu and BP6

bambam · Post by **bambam** » Fri May 16, 2003 1:48 pm

I want to change my Duron 800 + KT7A mobo for a BP6 with 2x400@500 with all the current drive/cards i have:
1 hd,
1 floppy drive,
1 burner,
1 cdrom drive,
1 vibra16 isa sound card

2x 128 pc-133 sticks,
1 nic,
1 gf2mx
1x80mm fan,

Do you guys think I can run it without problem?

The PSU is a stock Enlight one, running strong for the past 3 years now. Never got voltage problem with it.

vcore @ 1.64, vdd @ 3.47, 3.3v @ 3.41, 5v @ 5.25 12v @ 12.13

Thanks

Post by **Derek** » Fri May 16, 2003 1:56 pm

Should work, but you may roast the power supply (like I did) if it can't handle the constant delivery of that much power.

bambam · Post by **bambam** » Fri May 16, 2003 2:19 pm

Thanks Derek for the fast reply and the cool bbs

I can remove stuff from it like the burner, floppy, sound. Its the only PC i'll have at home and I mainly do development on this PC.

Now the only thing I wish is to not have lots of trouble/freeze with it. I'm kinda afraid of that board. I have read lots of horror stories

Post by **Derek** » Fri May 16, 2003 2:22 pm

bambam wrote:Thanks Derek for the fast reply and the cool bbs

I can remove stuff from it like the burner, floppy, sound. Its the only PC i'll have at home and I mainly do development on this PC.

Now the only thing I wish is to not have lots of trouble/freeze with it. I'm kinda afraid of that board. I have read lots of horror stories

Heh

Thanks!

I don't think you will have any problems. You haven't loaded the computer with tons of hardware and it looks like it's a good PSU.

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:24 pm

bambam, I have also used a 250 W PSU for more than two years now (24/7) most of the time, without any problems I would blame the PSU for. Configuration in signature (add two fans for chipset and case).

Derek, what happened when your PSU died? Did it kill anything else?

Post by **Derek** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:36 pm

Wolfram wrote:Derek, what happened when your PSU died? Did it kill anything else?

It didn't ruin any of my hardware (except itself). The thing literally went through a melt-down. Most of the capacitors blew; the fan seized and melted itself to the motor, and a burning smell.

That’s basically it

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:44 pm

Derek wrote:
Wolfram wrote:Derek, what happened when your PSU died? Did it kill anything else?
It didn't ruin any of my hardware (except itself). The thing literally went through a melt-down. Most of the capacitors blew; the fan seized and melted itself to the motor, and a burning smell.

PSU meltdown? At least no china syndrome...

Hmmm... I think I´ll have a look at the bowels of my PSU soon...

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Mon May 19, 2003 3:26 pm

hehe

i don't think i've ever had a PSU go out on me

right now im running dual PSU's

i got an ATX and an AT one is 400watt and one is 250 watts

the 250 powers my 3 SCSI harddrives and both my internal cdrom/cdrw drives

and the fans that are in it's portion of the case

the 400watt has everything else

i wanna try that dual ATX power supply deal, that looks neat and would be fun to attempt

bambam · Post by **bambam** » Fri May 23, 2003 6:11 pm

Thanks guys for the reply

I'll try with my 250 if I can put my hand on a BP6!

Melted electronic smell nasty