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Old July 8th 03, 12:15 PM
larrymoencurly
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Dennis Roark wrote in message .21...
"sdlomi" wrote in
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The brand is Powmax,


+5v / 30A max.
+12v / 25A max.
+3.3v / 28A max.


It's listed as a 400-watt, model LP-8800-D,


Needing one for an ECS K7S5A, at 1st I was dubious, but
when I read the specs, including meeting 2.03 & ATX 12v 1.1,


It is way out of date and won't run AMD XP+ or Pentium IV cpu's because
they need the power on the 12 volt line.


Not in the case of the ECS K7S5A, which uses the +5V for the CPU. It
has only one power connector, the 20-pin one, which has just a single
+12V wire, which isn't good enough to furnish the 8-9A needed by some
CPUs that are powered from the +12V. Also I measured the voltages on
the CPU regulator transistors and diodes of this mobo, and the maximum
DC is only about 5V. I also have an ECS P4S5A for Pentium IV CPUs,
and it too has just the 20-pin connector and powers the CPU from the
+5V.