[mythtv-users] ZOTAC ION Motherboard - onboard supply?

[Roy Thompson]

 On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:38:15 +0100, Richard Morton wrote:
> I have a zotac ion a with the built in psu. I use only a sata to cf
> adapter and cf card as local hd for booting into xubuntu / mythbuntu.
>
> I would be surprised based on my experience of silent psus if the
> built in unit was sufficient for two 3.5 drives and an optical drive.
> Youll probably find it will just not boot. I would expect that the 
> psu
> rating and max amps on each voltage is in the user manual whcih can 
> be
> downloaded from the zotac website.
>

 I have one of these and have two sata 2.5 inch hard drives, a slimeline
 sata DVD drive, 2 usb DVB-T tuners plus a bluetooth usb adapter and 
 have
 had no power issues.

 Roy


> R
>
> Please excuse brevity and pistakes this email was composed on a 
> mobile
> phone.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Richard
> On Jul 22, 2011 1:20 PM, "David Watkins"  wrote:
>> Ive noticed that several people here are running Zotac ION
>  > motherboards and am wondering if anyone has any experience or
>> expertise regarding the capacity of its onboard power supply circuit
>> (It uses an external laptop style power brick) ?
>>
>> Ive been testing such a board as either a possible FE or combined
>  > BE/FE and have decided that Im happy with its performance as a
> BE/FE.
>> However this would mean Id want to add a second hard drive and a
>> DVD, making two SATA hard disks, a SATA DVD drive and 2 USB capture
>  > cards in all.
>>
>> The motherboard comes with three SATA power outputs and 6 USB slots
> so
>> that would imply that there shouldnt be a problem, but comparing the
>> size of the power brick and the few motherboard components with an
> ATX
>  > PSU makes me wonder. Rating the power brick (and upgrading it if
>> necessary) isnt difficult but I cant find any information on the
>> motherboard voltage converters.
>>
>> If I had to, I could buy a larger HDD to replace the two smaller
>  > drives that I already have, but do you think Im being 
> unecesssarily
>> concerned?
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