[mythtv-users] Symptoms of not enough PS wattage

[Sam Logen]

--- On Wed, 9/17/08, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Symptoms of not enough PS wattage
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 6:54 PM
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Sam Logen
> <starz909 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm wondering what symptoms there could be for
> a power supply not producing enough wattage.  I have:
> >
> > both an HDTV card and a PVR-150 card,
> > two SATA hard drives and a SATA DVD-writer,
> > one firewire connection to an STB,
> > an Athlon 3600+ AM2 CPU and two Kingston 512MB Memory,
> > a cpu fan and a few case fans,
> > an nvidia 7200 fanless pcie card,
> > Onboard nforce sound,
> > a usb LCD and a usb card reader,
> >
> > The power supply is a Seasonic S12 380W.
> >
> > I'm having some problems with the picture quality
> of both of my capture cards.  I'm looking into driver
> and reception issues as well, but I thought I'd ask
> about power allotment, and if that could be the culprit.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Sam
> 
> very possible. many times its not just the overall wattage,
> but the
> wattage on the different voltage rails. It's the reason
> a lot of the
> gamers buy incredibly over powered power supplies, because
> they need
> something that has a specific amount of amperage on one of
> those
> rails.
> 
> that said, Seasonic makes some great power supplies, so if
> your taxing
> it on one of its rails, you should replace it soon before
> you fry the
> transistors in it so you can use it in another system.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steve
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Thanks everyone, I suppose I'll go and discuss the drivers with the V4L list.

Sam