<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV>I modified a ATX power supply for my laptop. My laptop required a 12V 5A P.S. when everything (floppy, cdrom, sound to the max...)was on. Since this requirement was very low compared to what it could give i installed a dummy load (Power resistor) just to keep the switching circuit happy with a load when the laptop wasnt hooked on. I also reduced significantly the noise level by hooking up the internal fan (12V) onto the 5V output. Everything is working great for several months now (24/7).</DIV> <DIV> >>> sales@ecosolutions.com.au 2004-12-02 20:05:50 >>> </DIV> <DIV style="COLOR: #000000">On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 01:41, Huck wrote: > Lost original post in a 'delete' frenzy... > but the question was asked.. "what do you do with all those old PC's?" > > 1.) sell them to students who have NO computer at home for cheap...and -snip- WRONG (grin). My original question was, essentially: Has anyone stripped out the original power supply of old "junker" PCs to realise the same noise and power saving of specialised thin-client hardware?? Other postings so far have suggested measuring the current draw of existing power supplies in PCs using an inductive clamp meter. This is something I have and I can do that sometime soon. I guess I was asking the group what they thought of my intended approach and to find out if someone had already been down the same path. If that's not the case then I will embark on my adventure soon and then report back my! results. Unfortunately, I don't have any LCD monitors, but the power savings of these over CRT monitors is pretty self-evident. -- Regards, Gavin Chester _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list K12OSN@redhat.com <A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A> For more info see <<A href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</A>> </DIV></BODY></HTML>