[wplug] OT - PSU question

[Nathan Marcus]

Then what, use this server to power a web page about how you built it,
only to get slashdoted?

Good luck otherwise, I hope to you sucess on this gamble.

On 7/15/05, Chris Romano <romano.chris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/15/05, Brian Gollum <brig at bidlum.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 04:24:03PM -0400, Chris Romano wrote:
> > > I have been thinking about buying a couple VIA EPIA Mini-ITX boards
> > > with the 1Ghz C3 chip.  These have very low power demands. So could I
> > > take a decent sized PSU and splice a mini-itx connector to one of the
> > > 4-pin power cords and run multiple boards from the same PSU?  Is this
> > > just a terrible idea?
> >
> > Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the VIA EPIA Mini-ITX boards
> > were powered via 20-pin ATX connectors. Or were you thinking of using
> > individual DC-DC converters to get the various voltages provided by an
> > ATX supply for each board from a single DC source? I suppose you could
> > splice multiple ATX connectors onto a single PSU, but then you are
> > likely to run into power timing and load issues very quickly.
> 
> I was thinking about splicing multiple ATX connectors onto a single PSU.
> 
> 
> >
> > Ultimately, I would classify this as a Bad Idea.
> 
> Noted
> 
> I was planning on playing with them.  What I am really thinking is ...
> create my own blade server.  I was thinking that one PSU could power
> multiple "blades".   I guess I could use individual PSU's but that
> will take up more room.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
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