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| Author: | Dr_BenD_over [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | So you've got to plug in your soundcard now too! |
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... eview.html (extra power above and beyond that which is already available on a PCI-E slot - page 4 for the lazy) |
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| Author: | CMDR Steve-O [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:48 pm ] |
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Well at least one can find a use for all those extra power connectors that get jammed in an extra 5 1/2 drive bay. Ew! I don't really approve of the floppy power connector, that could get really messy as usually PSU's come with 2 floppy powers on a single set of wires. That limits the routing of the cable a bit. Would it have killed them to use a ragu molex or even a SATA power cable? |
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| Author: | sswilson [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:15 pm ] |
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Yeah, a sata power cable would have been nice. The last 3 new PSUs I've come across had the floppy connector on the end of 3 molex connectors. That'd make an awful mess of anybody's case cable management scheme. Pity... I was really looking forward to finding a use for those basically useless 1X PCIe slots. (Maybe it's time to up the spec on them to O/P more power....  ).
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| Author: | Dr_BenD_over [ Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:07 am ] |
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I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU 
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| Author: | Monkeydee [ Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:29 am ] |
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Dr_BenD_over wrote: I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU
i don't have one on mine. it came with an adapter though. not that i know where that disappeared to. |
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| Author: | maverick_brent [ Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:05 am ] |
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Dr_BenD_over wrote: I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU
whts a floppy? lol... |
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| Author: | sswilson [ Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:19 am ] |
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maverick_brent wrote: Dr_BenD_over wrote: I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU whts a floppy? lol... It's a 5 1/4 soft shelled (hence the floppy bit) removable storage device based on the same media as your cassette or 8 track. The notch on the side only allows it to be written to on one side, however notchers (basically a 1 hole square paper punch) are available turning it into a "Flippy".
(They really should have renamed the media when it was no longer flexible.... ).
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| Author: | CMDR Steve-O [ Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:24 pm ] |
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What? only 5 1/4" disk? Go big or go home with this 8" behemoth!!! 
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| Author: | sswilson [ Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:19 pm ] |
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Heh.... never actually needed to use one of them.
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| Author: | ronedogg [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:20 pm ] |
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hahah i got a whole box of them flopy disks in my closet all blank. these might be werth something some day. or they might make a comeback!! |
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| Author: | Flama22 [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:56 pm ] |
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ronedogg wrote: hahah i got a whole box of them flopy disks in my closet all blank. these might be werth something some day.
My Dad found a box of those at work one time and brought them home for us to laugh at. So I guess they're "worth" a laugh. 
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