On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 03:31:26PM +0000, David Murphy mentioned:
> > But that's a guess. Don't suppose there is any little writing on the
> > regulator itself ? :)
> If I knew which bit the regulator was, I could look ;)
Ah. I had a quick look[0] at my BP6, and couldn't tell, but it's usually
got a few ceramic rings, with copper wire around them, and a few big
cylindrical capacitors around it. Where it would say "Linear regulator", I
don't know; many SMP motherboards have a slot for an optional second
VRM[1] - BP6's don't.
> > Are you wary about buying the card, or wary about popping it in & blowing
> > the board ?
> I've bought the card & board, and when I power the machine up, it
> powers itself off again 6.5 seconds later!
Urk. What sort of power supply have you in the case ? That could be part
of the problem too. Either way, you could be looking at giving the card
back :(
Kate
[0] It's dark down under my desk. And smelly. And the PC is powered on.
And there are wires all over the place.
[1] Why anyone would ship a dual SMP motherboard without a VRM is beyond
me. How many people use an SMP board, with one CPU, to justify saving a
fiver or so ?
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