[mythtv-users] Silent front end power supply

[Pierre Hilson]

I'm using a PICO-PSU 120W to power a BE/FE running Mythbuntu on an Intel
D201GLY2 Mo.
The system has 1GB, one PVR150, 2x2.5" hard drive and one 3.5" hard drive, a
slim DVD RW + some USB device.

The system uses 35W and is totally fanless. I have no issue ripping a DVD,
creating 2 Divx while recording a show and watching a Divx, all at the same
time.

The system is running 24/7 for - monthes without any problem (except
Bluetooth hanging the kernel 2.6.14 and the crap SiS video chipset).

This can be found at http://cartft.de
Additionally, they offer a quite nice service.

Pierre.


2009/1/13 jr <jraymyth at gmail.com>

> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:46 AM, jr <jraymyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi people,
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anybody has experience with DC-DC style power
> >> supplies. I was thinking about one of these and using an external 12v
> >> power brick to drive the frontend. My frontend will have no harddrive
> >> (network boot), onboard graphics nvidia 8300 chipset and I am trying
> >> to get hold of the amd2 4850e 45w cpu. I will also probably install a
> >> DVDbo. durner in the frontend?
> >>
> >>
> http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4876&CATID=&keywords=XC-4876&SPECIAL=&form=KEYWORD&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=
> >>
> >> Thoughts/comments?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Phil
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> >
> > I am using the PW-200-M DC-DC psu in an EPIA-6000 non-Myth box at the
> > moment.  I was going to use it for my raid box, but it was not quite
> > powerful enough for that, though I hear other people have managed it.
> > The biggest pain I had was in finding a silent-ish brick that could
> > deliver 200W at 12V.  I do not know if its still a problem  finding
> > them, but what I finaly got was an Xbox 360 powersupply (203W) off of
> > ebay for $20.  It took little work to get things hooked up, but its
> > been working for the last year without incident.
> >
> > If you want to know...
> >
> > To connect the brick to the PW-200-M I went to Wal-Mart and bought a
> > Nyko Intercooler and to Radio Shack to get a Size L Coaxial DC Power
> > Connector.I took the socket out of the Intercooler and soldered the DC
> > power connector to the appropriate (I don't remember) connectors that
> > I found with a volt meter.  If you are familiar with meter then it
> > will be easy enough to find out which ports have power running through
> > them.  I epoxied the socket into a hole I made in the back of my case.
> >  Plugged the size L connector into the PW-200-M, plugged the brick
> > into the socket from the Nyko, and voila, a live motherboard.
> >
> >
> > PW-200-M - [
> http://www.mini-box.com/PW-200M-DC-DC-power-supply;jsessionid=0a0106521f43baeb447a504946ff81d9ef194879e6e1.e3eSc34RbhyRe34Pa38Ta38Tbhz0?sc=8&category=981
> > ]
> >
> > Nyco Intercooler -
> >
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5044083&sourceid=1500000000000003142040&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=5044083
> >
> > Size L Coaxial DC Power Connector radio shack - [
> > http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103613 ]
> >
> > jr
> >
> Apparently I posed what I did...
>
> "Looking at the plug that goes into the xbox so that the angled side
> is pointing up I numbered the connections. 1 and 2 are in the narrow
> horizonal slot. They must be connected before the adapter is given
> power. Connections 3, 4 and 5 are numbered left to right on the next
> row, and 6, 7 and 8 are numbed likewise on the bottom row. I place a
> copper wedge into the horizontal slot connecting 1 and 2. I am running
> a wire from 5 and 8 to a plug that fits the power socket on the
> PW-200-M."
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