Er Hugh,
You not quite got your sums right !!
On Sunday 09 July 2006 15:34, Hugh Gundersen Inscribed Thus:
> On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 14:26:19 +0100, you wrote:
> >In the case of exploding caps on mainboards, I don't think the
> >manufacturer took into account the enormous amount of current that
> >these caps had to cope with ! I know that there is getting on for a
> >hundred amperes flowing in those CPU power supply circuits. It
> >definitely is not a voltage rating problem since there is only 5
> > volts DC maximum.
>
> Well as you say and 80W CPU @ 5v = 16A
> and 180W @ 5v = 36A
I agree your figures at 5 volts ! Now do the same at 1.3 or 1.4
volts !!
> So to get your 100A the CPU must be drawing 500W which is more than
> most Power supplies can muster at the best of times. Oops!
>
>
> Sir Hugh of Bognor
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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