[mythtv-users] Just a bit more juice Re: VDPAU support on0.21-fixes

Charles Wright cpwright at gmail.com
Wed Jan 28 13:19:00 UTC 2009


Not always true.  At least in some commercial systems, if the draw
exceeds a spec; the whole system shuts down.  I've seen this first
hand with an accelerator card, once the slot drew more than X watts,
the motherboard would shut off PCIe power.

Charles

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2009/1/28 Robert <RobertCL at iname.com>:
>> Yes, I wondered about the power thing as well.  Can the card / motherboard
>> "know" that your PSU isn't powerful enough and refuse to boot?
>
> It doesn't work that way..
>
> If the power supply can't deliver enough power, it will simply fail to
> provide the current required.. And like any other electronic item not
> properly powered the motherboard will behave erratically.
>
> JY
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