Motherboard Asus Pro H610T Thin ITX DDR4 SO-DIMM motherboard

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Almost all Thin ITX boards have an LVD panel connection to facilitate an all-in-one integration rather than use a separate monitor, the panel and its housing, are designed for a board of this type to be housed inside of the monitor's housing rather than on the outside using a VESA mount. The original concept was that OEM MFGs would design these monitor housings so the consumer could "build your own" AIO. I would suggest you, and any other SFF enthusiast read this info on thin ITX boards. THIN ITX OVERVIEW

 

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Asus Pro H610T is impressive mainboard!​

Idle power consuption when Debian 12 is running is only 2—3 W. :-O

MB: Asus Pro H610T D4-CSM
CPU: Intel i3-13100
RAM: 1x Crucial 32GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM (CT32G4SFD832A)
SSD: 1x SATA Crucial M4 128GB (CT128M4SSD2)

I enabled power-saving features in BIOS like C-states and ASPM. OS: Debian 12 with DietPi, kernel 6.1.0-13-amd64, keyboard and LCD unplugged. Only LAN connected.
Power consumption is measured on DC side (12V). It’s fanless build.

idle: 2—3 W
load: 50—60W

Good thing is that it works also with DC 12V (official docs says 19V)

 

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Are you delivering power through the 2 pin molex or are you using a brick? I ask because the pinouts are backward on the molex to the architectural spec for power and ground locations.

 

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Yes, I know it. I'm using DC 5.5mm connector.

 

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Update: I changed SATA SSD to m.2 (Samsung 980 Pro 1TB with heatsink)

Basically no change copared to SATA SSD I have used previously.

my powertop report: https://output.jsbin.com/camedofote

 

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so a wall wart also known as a brick or Boat Anchor... since the din to 2 pin molex is a pass-through you could, in fact, use an HDplex Gan PS with the CPU power cable as a 12v source of power since this PS does not deliver 19V.

 

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Asus Pro H610T is impressive mainboard!​

Idle power consuption when Debian 12 is running is only 2—3 W. :-O

MB: Asus Pro H610T D4-CSM
CPU: Intel i3-13100
RAM: 1x Crucial 32GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM (CT32G4SFD832A)
SSD: 1x SATA Crucial M4 128GB (CT128M4SSD2)

I enabled power-saving features in BIOS like C-states and ASPM. OS: Debian 12 with DietPi, kernel 6.1.0-13-amd64, keyboard and LCD unplugged. Only LAN connected.
Power consumption is measured on DC side (12V). It’s fanless build.

idle: 2—3 W
load: 50—60W

Good thing is that it works also with DC 12V (official docs says 19V)

another measurements:

 

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I presume the latest reading is with still 1 drive only? Have you tried taking power measurements with a m.2 SATA 3.0 adapter (ASM1166 chip)? If it weren't for the limited SATA ports, this could make a great NAS low power board.

 

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Are you sure about the 12 volts have you tried Windows 11 Pro and being that you are using an I3 your voltage draw should be very low? I'll bet, that with an I7, even a T, and Windows your voltage draw will ramp up to the 19V. What are you using to deliver the 12V? as the Molex is backward to std ATX, I surmise a 12v brick....

 

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I know it should be powered with 19V (as written in specification) but this board has no problems running at 12V. Unless you have connected 3.5" HDDs because they draw a lot of current during start and it can cause a voltage drops which can be more significant and unstable in 12V system compared to 19V. But I have only SSDs, I didn't tried HDD, I will not try HDD.
Everything is written (in last screenshot) what power supply I use.
I write it again:

MB: Asus Pro H610T D4-CSM (latest BIOS, Version 3202, 2024/03/07)
CPU: Intel i3-13100 (TDP 60W)
RAM: 2x Crucial 32GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM (CT32G4SFD832A)
SSD: 1x m.2 Samsung 980 Pro 1TB with heatsink

PSU: 12V 150W from AKASA (AK-PD150-02KEU) https://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&model=AK-PD150-02K

 

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... Have you tried taking power measurements with a m.2 SATA 3.0 adapter (ASM1166 chip)?

yes. but unfortunately this board doesn't play well with ASM1166. It works, but power saving mode no.

The reason why such high power consumption with ASM1166 is that CPU is in C-state C2 only. Without that card it is in C10 (90+%)

 

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better smaller power supply: Slim Q 150 GaN for an external

Output

Type C1/C2: Max100W 5V / 9V / 12V / 15V / 20V⎓3A / 20V⎓5A / 5V⎓4.5A / 4.5V⎓5ADC：Max150W 20V⎓7.5A

 

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yes. but unfortunately this board doesn't play well with ASM1166. It works, but power saving mode no.

The reason why such high power consumption with ASM1166 is that CPU is in C-state C2 only. Without that card it is in C10 (90+%)

I assume you tried updating the firmware and found similar results? I’ve heard reports of ASPM not working properly on some Intel chipsets due to outdated firmware.

 

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yes, I have updated the firmware in ASM1166. Also I tried ASM1166 in another system and it worked as expected (only ~1 W increase)