[ale] Fw: [ale] Cheap motherboards in Atlanta

[Mike Panetta]

If your CPU fan is still running when you hit the power switch on the
front of the box (the ATX soft power switch) then you probably only put
your machine into some sort of suspend mode.  When an ATX powersupply
(and thus an ATX system) is "off" the only power that comes out of it is
the +5V StandBy power.  The +5VSB as some of the PSU's call it is only
rated for up to 1Amp of current draw, and thus could not run the system
at all (not to mention the fact that most if not all CPU fans run off
12V).  So when an ATX machine is "off" for all intents and purposes it
is really OFF, IE the CPU is not running, none of the other devices are
(or shuld be) running, with the exception of the ones that use the
standby power to allow "wake on lan" or whatever type features.

Mike

On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 17:04, Greg wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg" <runman at telocity.com>
> To: <haswes at mindspring.com>
> Cc: <ale at ale.0rg>
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Cheap motherboards in Atlanta
> 
> 
> > yes, I have found this out and it sucks.  The fan on the processor now
> runs
> > 24/7 unless I use the power switch on the back.  So now what good is the
> > freaking "ON/OFF" switch on the front ?  I guess we need to put the on/off
> > switch from the power supply now on the front.  Talk about terminal
> > stupidity in something that was not broke to begin with.  Jeepers.
> >
> > Greg
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Adrin" <haswes at mindspring.com>
> > To: "Greg" <runman at telocity.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:39 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ale] Cheap motherboards in Atlanta
> >
> >
> > > I keep reminding myself at work that the newer ATX
> > > motherboards just don't hold up like the older ones.
> > > Remember the power is always on now.  unless you unplug it.
> > >
> > > Adrin
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg [mailto:runman at telocity.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 8:26 AM
> > > To: ale at ale.org
> > > Subject: [ale] Cheap motherboards in Atlanta
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a place in Atlanta that I can get cheap
> > > motherboards ?
> > > I only know of MicroSeconds on Roswell.  Prefer new, but a
> > > good used one is
> > > ok.
> > >
> > > I recently fried my Asus K7 upon install into a new case
> > > (dunno exactly how
> > > I did it - I hooked up the board, case fans and floppy and
> > > all was ok.
> > > Hooked up the CDROM and several HD and poof ! instant smell,
> > > a faint "pop"
> > > and no action from the poor mobo *sniff sniff*.  Funeral
> > > tomorrow after the
> > > salvage efforts are finished.).
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > >     Greg the Hardware weenie
> > >
> > >
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