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EEVIAC

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calculating psu power
« on: October 22, 2009, 11:22:12 PM »
How can you tell how much power your "motherboard" draws when calculating power supply needs?  I looked at the manual for a particular motherboard and it doesn't say what the maximum power draw is..
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Vikram Varaprasad



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    Re: calculating psu power
    « Reply #1 on: October 23, 2009, 12:13:33 AM »
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    EEVIAC

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    Re: calculating psu power
    « Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 01:58:46 AM »
    thx, it's an interesting program...  But if I'm building from scratch and have no motherboard to install it on it doesn't do much good.
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    Vikram Varaprasad



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      « Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 02:04:30 AM »
      When i was doing my electronics I used multimeter to test the temperatures for hardware. If you are an expert you can check you motherboard temperature with the help of it. But it's risky even a small damage can cost a million.
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      EEVIAC

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      Re: calculating psu power
      « Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 02:44:46 AM »
      Quote from: Vikram Varaprasad on October 23, 2009, 02:04:30 AM
      When i was doing my electronics I used multimeter to test the temperatures for hardware. If you are an expert you can check you motherboard temperature with the help of it. But it's risky even a small damage can cost a million.

      I appreciate your help, but I don't understand what this has to do with calculating the power draw of any given motherboard.
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      Re: calculating psu power
      « Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 06:35:10 AM »
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      Re: calculating psu power
      « Reply #6 on: October 23, 2009, 09:04:38 AM »
      hmm, thx
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      Computer_Commando



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      Re: calculating psu power
      « Reply #7 on: October 23, 2009, 11:50:10 AM »
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      Re: calculating psu power
      « Reply #8 on: October 23, 2009, 12:13:11 PM »
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