uhmmm...I can check again, but if so, why the dell works with pico psu 150w without any problem? Indeed, that question occurred to me as well. On second thought, you probably took care of the 'remote' lead, which is on pin 5 (red). You probably shorted pins 1-4 together (blue and white), and pins 5...

dukla2000 wrote:Someone else here aimed me at the Brennenstuhl PM230 electricity meter, that is around �25 at Maplin.

PM230 isn't a good design for UK because the power cord ends up blocking the display. They have a newer model
EM230, which is better suited for UK.

Eddie, I hope you know that there is a 'remote' lead coming out of Dell DA-2 which has to be connected to ground in order to turn on the power brick? Otherwise, the power brick is on standby, signified by the amber light on the brick.

Uday

I ran this system of a PV-200-V and a Dell DA-2 brick with no problems. AuraAllan, Thanks for joining us. I have been meaning to ask a couple of questions about your system. What is the type of the junction box that you used to splice the wires from your mating connector to the PW-200's leads? And,...

You can clearly see from the pictures that HDDs are mounted on the top side, and fans on the bottom, so you CAN put all of it on the thing at the same time. Indeed! I didn't see the pictures clearly. If the HDDs are one side and fans on the other, I guess the air flow could work. But it doesn't see...

Mini-box recently started carrying a 12v 12.5a AC/DC brick. The unit comes with a 4pin DIN-Minifit adapter. I can't post links yet, but it is listed on the AC-DC Power Supplies section of mini-box. Welcome to SPCR! You are right. Both mini-box and short-circuit are selling 150W bricks with a 4-pin ...

Here is another reputable manufacturer, CUI, http://www.cui.com/adtemplate.asp?invky=1008930&catky=764537&subcatky1=684764&subcatky2=&subcatky3= which lets the buyer pick different connectors, without saying anything about power rating. I only see the 4 pin Din connector in the spec and at Digi-key...

So it's a no to any dc-dc adapter type psu? Well, he said "good 200W ATX power supply". There is PW-200 series made by the same company as picoPSU (mini-box). But electrodacus doesn't want to recommend it. You can search the forums for various experiences people have had with it. Another alternativ...

No progress yet. I dithered on spending 20GBP for a Molex crimp tool. So, I got our workshop technician to help me with crimping using his tool. In the end, we managed to put the 8-pin Molex connector at the end of the DA-2's cable. However, I probably screwed up the next step. I used the same pin c...

I wonder if you have any thoughts on noise impact from putting a dust filter right in front of the fan? Either way I'm sure it's better than a dusty computer. You mean, dust filter right behind the fan? I think it is a good idea to avoid dust filters unless they are really necessary for your enviro...

Yeah, I was considering this to cool my GPU as well. But, after I installed all the drivers, my GPU quieted itself and the need went away. I think this is a neat little inexpensive device. But I kinda doubt the web page when it says 4 HDDs + 2 fans. I think it is more like 4 HDDs or 2 fans. In the p...

That's what I was afraid of. Looks like I would have to use the included PSU and hope it is quiet enough for me. Darn this website. I have such high standards now. Don't give up that easily! If you look at the Power Supplies forum, you will find a lot of discussion about various alternatives. There...

I noticed the product image on the webpage you listed does not show it with a barrel connector but some sort of 2 pin connector. This leads me to believe that the barrel connector may have been added by a third party. As they don't list a paticular connector on the product page this seems very plos...

A couple questions... Is your brick UL listed? Was the connector put on their by FSP or by someone else? The FSP brick is UL listed and "tested to comply with FCC standards". Here is a link to its web page: http://www.fsp-group.com.tw/english/1_product/2_detail.asp?mainid=5&fid=96&proid=426 It inde...

I wanted to know if u can run this off a PicoPSU. all the ones iv seen only have 1 sata power and 1 molex power. any advice is much appreciated. The connectors provided with the PSU are not meant to be suggestive of how many devices you can connect. The PicoPSU is made for small systems (in physica...

Have you tried any anti-vibration mounts, e.g., http://www.emcsolutionsltd.com/pdf/vibration/Disk%20Drive%20mounts.pdf ? The first thing I noticed after assembling my new system in NSK1380 was the CDROM drive vibration, which got transmitted to the desk and, through it, the keyboard and my fingers. ...

It might also be possible to use this for mounting internal DC-DC power supply boards, like, e.g. the Electrodacus's board. I have tried thinking of using the "wherever" PCI rack for such a purpose but that looks a bit too complicated.

HI; I connect the pw-200-v with dell-da2 with a 2,5 barrell, as you can see in this photo: Good job with the wiring there! But a 2.5mm barrel connector is not recommended for the power draw of PW-200-V. Most people on this forum that have gotten the Dell DA-2 and PW-200 to work together, have used ...

The bottom pictures on this page of the review clearly show 3 wires going to the fans and 2 wires going to the power input socket. So, whatever RPM data comes into the fan controller is getting discarded. (Normally, the RPM data would get displayed by the fan controller, but that is apparently being...

Eddie666 wrote:Yesterday I tried to connect the pw-200-v with dell-da2...it doesn't work so, there are others 200w brick that I could use? thanks

Any more details on what you have observed? How did you connect he DA-2 and PW-200?

I am afraid there are no other 200W, 12V power bricks known to us.

Check out these models:

Fujitsu ST-S26361-F2826-L301
Intel AXXCDUSBFDBRK
Chenbro SK41201

I don't have any first hand experience with any of these.

Hi. Does the cables supplied with the controller allow for motherboard rpm monitoring? I don't see how it is possible for one fan header on the motherboard to monitor 4 fans. The review on the Scythe Europe web site says the following: One thing that I would have liked to be implemented at this fan...

Another idea would be to use a 60mm to 80mm adapter such as this one and install a regular 80mm quiet fan on it. You might wan to calculate the resulting air flow

[80mm fan air flow in CFM] * 80^2 / 60^2

and check to see whether it is enough.

The smallest micro-ATX case I know is Antec NSK1380. It has one 5.25" bay and three internal 3.5" bays (two of them vertical). You can always mount two 2.5" drives in a 3.5" bay using a mounting bracket such as the Scythe Twin Mounter. The main problem with this case is that the CPU cooler is limite...

It's not really too hard for case manufacturers to make a minor change to help with mounting an SSD. Of course. Adding a few screw holes without modifying the architecture of the case is easy enough to do. SSD's will no doubt move the case manufacturers to do this more. But I am more interested in ...

mark19891989 wrote: I would like a cheap killawatt, to see how much power these builds are using, but i dont know where to get one in the uk

Does it have to be killawatt? I just ordered a Brennenstuhl watt meter. Google lists a few others as well.

I am building my new build in Antec NSK1380, partly because I realize that there is no need for humongous cases any more. This case comes with three 3.5" bays, two of them hanging from the ceiling, but I guess I am going to be using only one of them because I can pack two 2.5" drives into a single 3...

This is related to the the subject of a sticky thread in the Power Supplies forum.

Since the form factor is the same as that of 2.5" hard disk drives, the same enclosures should work for solid state drives as well.

Turbulent flow is still as "real" as laminar flow. What it really means is that with turbulence, when you zoom down into the local level, you'll have fluid moving in random directions. However, the bulk fluid is still flowing in a particular direction. Turbulent flow is actually very important for ...