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I finally got my new motherboard and all the parts.
Long story short, the Seasonic S12 500watt power supply is functioning just fine.
It's a really quiet power supply.. Doesn't seem to generate much heat at all..
Thanks for all your help..
Randall Fox
Thanks Dave.
Actually I just tried three HD's which I connected at the same time (was just reading the FAQ about load) with the power supply jumped.. Still nothing.
I will wait until I get the new motherboard (monday hopefully) and see if that provides the needed load.
Randall Fox
Actually, this power supply is for a newer system. The motherboard should arrive monday. The power supply came early.
I wanted to test the power supply, since some of the reviews on newegg are from people complaining about faulty power supplies from seasonic.
I suppose I can just wait if...
Ok.. I tried shorting the two wires (green to black).. The power supply fan powered on, it was VERY quiet, I think that is by design.
Then I used a volter meter and measured 12v and 5v and 3v on all the cables.. Seems to be ok.
Then I took an IDE HD and plugged it in to the power...
Correction,
The box says "ATX 12V" and "ATX 12V V2.0"
I assume the "ATX 12V" is the old standard (1.0)..
And, yes you're correct, you technically don't burn in power supplies. It's more correct to say I wanted to test it on my old system, for a a few days.
My motherboard (old) is an...
I ordered a 500W Seasonic S12 Power Supply from Newegg. Tried it in my old system (ATX 1.0) and it wouldn't work. Didn't boot, not even the BIOS.
Then I looked at the motherboard power supply cable and saw that unlike my enermax 350W, it was missing a wire.
I'm wondering if this...
Okay.. Thats what I was thinking, they seem to be similarly priced with similar feature sets..
And I guess Intel has the stability part down pretty well..
Thanks
Randall Fox
I am looking for a stable and reliable 955x motherboard to run a dual core pentium.
I narrowed it down to either the ASUS P5WD2 or INTEL D955XBK.
I probably won't be overclocking the board. I would like something very stable and reliable. I have read a lot of good things about the ASUS...