Recent content by Schmit01

Well I love Mini ITX and was actually considering the Skyreach 4 at one point, reality had to kick in with regards to components and cooling. I have burned myself in the past where a component, like a memory slot or the on board LAN port fails, you have no redundancy but to buy a new...

So up and running. Not perfect but not bad. Have a few items to be resolved and part quality to be rectified. 1. Not happy with my side side panel mounting system (so not on yet). Might go magnetic or a mechanical press lock. 2. PCI-E mount plate and hole positions didn't come out...

I had thought of that, but If something had to knock the front I would rather replace a fan than the whole AIO because of a damaged radiator. The extra 25mm spacing causes a bit more strain on the piping than I would like due to the configuration to work with the PSU and the distance of the CPU...

So my work pc case is really outdated and I needed an upgrade. I wanted something that had the following; 1. Small as possible housing an ATX motherboard. 2. Has a handle. 3. Single SDD housing. 4. All PCI-E slotes available. 5. And most importantly used standard components available locally...

So I received my PICO PSU and started testing. I found I had to isolate the +5VSB and the PWR_ON to the motherboard from the PICO. It functioned while both were bridged and would start and shutdown correctly however when the +5VSB was bridged the 12V rail would provide 5V when the PSU should...

I have plenty of dwgs of other projects that I sent for laster cutting if that will help. Also if you want them limited to a certain size i can scale them. Im not sure of the features you mean as I dont use plasma cutting.

Well this is what I intend on using http://www.andersonpower.com/_global-assets/downloads/pdf/ds-sb50.pdf It is rated up to 120A and 50A as a hot plug at 41x35x15mm. With a 0.200 Milliohms resistance and a worst case load of around 350W/30A I should see only a 0.06 Voltage drop at the...

I think you miss understood the wiring configuration. The +5vsb of the atx connects directly to the +5vsb of the pico powering the MB. It doesnt matter if there is no 12v supplied all the time to the PICO but i would have to check if the ground is isolated on the PICO. The reason for not just...

I get what you saying and appreciate the feedback. The way I see it, the PICO doesn't regulate the 12v line, so there should be no difference in voltages on the 12v at each connector. Yes I agree the power would turn up at the EPS and GPU connector first before the PICO turned on but should be...

Hey All First time post. I'm building a slim portable work PC with a nice CPU cooler design that I can carry in a backpack which I will post when complete. Running an i7 4970K and GTX 760 at the moment and want to keep an external PSU at the office and home. Although I love the HDPLEX 300W...