RE: Re: Morex ext. PSU works fine with TouchScreen pc

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I found that the network failed to initialise on my VIA board when the
loading on the power supply got too much. The machine would boot but the
network was dead. (Lights on Ethernet connector out too).  Consistently
replacing the CD with a Slimline or removing the PCI card made it work
reliably. This was definitely a power issue and seemed to relate to the
'surge' at power on as the HD span up.

K

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 March 2004 10:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Morex ext. PSU works fine with
> TouchScreen pc
>
>
> > > And if you try to pull more current through those Morex
> > PSUs than they
> > > are designed to supply then they get 'kin hot!!!
> >
> > Which bits are likely to get hot the voltage regulator
> board or the
> > block or both?  I have a 60W unit one so am willing to
> run mine for a
> > while over the weekend and see how hot it gets.  I can
> compare it to
> > my other mini-itx box that has a similar supply.
>
> Not sure ... The Morex PSU in my Cubid case got pretty hot
> and smelly when I tried running an M10000 board plus hard
> disc plus full size CD ROM drive on it when I was
> installing XP on it initially ... It smelled like the
> laquer on the big inductor chokes to me but I turned it
> off fairly sharpish once I smelled it, let it cool and
> liberated a slimline CD ROM drive from another machine to
> do the install. I never really bothered poking round the
> board to see what was getting stressed!
>
> Phil
>