[mythtv-users] OT: Mini-ITX Zotac Ion board with Flex ATX PSU no go?

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Wed Nov 3 16:25:25 UTC 2010


On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Mike Perkins
<mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
>>
>> anyone know of incompatibilities between a Mini ITX board (ZOTAC
>> IONITX-B-E) and a ATX Flex PSU? I have both the board and the case
>> that I now want to pair together. The Mini ITX board works fine with a
>> standard ATX PSU and the ATX Flex PSU works fine with another standard
>> ATX motherboard, but when I connect the two together the system won't
>> power up (the PSU stays off).
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas as to what the issue could be?
>>
>> thanks!
>>
> With the flex PSU's that I have, they only seem to work if the +12v line has
> a reasonable load, e.g. a hard disk. These modern motherboards pull so
> little current on their own the PSU just gives up.
>
> I ended up getting some of those plug-top PSUs driven by an external power
> brick, which do the job excellently.

ah, I did not have a hard drive plugged in when I was testing! I'll
have to try that.

out of curiosity, do you have a link to one of the "plug-top" PSU's?

thanks!

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