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    PSU powering two mobos?

    I'm just considering alternatives for the machines in my crack rack. It would be great to have two mobos powered off of one PSU. These are all lower power machines (p3 class), and I could solder the start switches to "turn on" both at the same time. If it isn't, no big deal. I just thought I'd ask, and I haven't found anything regarding this while searching here.

    I'm still searching for a power usage chart of p3 processors, so I'm not sure how much juice they are pulling, but I'd like to see if it would be possible.
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    Re: PSU powering two mobos?

    Unable to edit, and include the pic instead of linking to it. But here is the crack rack that I'm referring to, and to which this project is in regards to...

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      Re: PSU powering two mobos?

      I would be thinking of ways to turn on More power supplies rather than less.
      Unless your attempting to design a totally DC system with a single power source.
      That's an experiment to supply a single AC high voltage feed and distributing converted DC rails around a data center, more efficient and cooler,but big bucks.
      Jim

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        Re: PSU powering two mobos?

        Seems someone else had the same thought as you Fullmetal Chocobo...

        http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...cid=19&id=1928
        "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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          Re: PSU powering two mobos?

          Looks like time to invest in come cases
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            Re: PSU powering two mobos?

            Originally posted by Per Hansson
            Seems someone else had the same thought as you Fullmetal Chocobo...

            http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...cid=19&id=1928
            OMG, thank you for that link. Not just for the PSU side, but I never thought about getting the spacer, and double stacking mobos like that. That's just so simple, and beautifully perfect. I absolutely love it.

            Originally posted by Topcat
            Looks like time to invest in come cases
            But I already have my case And these are specifically intended to be caseless. Can you imagine those machines cooking in cases in my garage here in South Texas? I already almost feel sorry for them.

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