[Wolves] Silly question maybe...

[Kevanf1]

On 5/17/05, Wayne Morris <wayne at machx.co.uk> wrote:

> Your biggest problem with a separate enclosure for PSU would be voltage
> drop between the PSU and the computer,
> you would need quite thick cables to provide the power without too much
> loss in the cables.
> More to the point, the PSU has a 5v detection circuit that shuts it down
> if it doesn't detect 5V at the board via return wire,
> a drop of .5v can be enough to trigger this AFAIK.
> 

It would be a simple matter to extend the wiring to the motherboard
and have it in an enclosed sheeth.  It would be a case of keeping the
PSU near enough so that resistance didn't cause too much of a drop.  I
wouldn't have thought the resistance would be that much in even say a
foot of cable?

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