First post, by GabrielKnight123
How many amps does a 486 pc use roughly on +12V if using:
One IDE HDD
One DVD drive
A Pro Audio Spectrum 16
ISA MPU-IPC-T MIDI card
One 3 1/2 floppy drive
One PCI video card
Keyboard and mouse (serial)
2x 12V fans (1x case, 1x CPU)
I ask because I have an adapter for my 24 pin ATX power supply and I have removed the wires from the power supply I didnt need like PCIE and SATA but on the power supply it says the minimum on each rail is:
+3.3V = 1A
+5V = 1A
+12V1 = 0.5A
+12V2 = 0.5A
-12V = 0A
+5VSB = 0.1A
and since the +12V has two rails on my power supply and im not using the one from the PCIE should I just make the +12V from the molex cables go to the +12V rail that the 24 pin cable goes to or would that all together be over 18A on the +12V?
My 40GB hard drive uses 600mA so that covers the minimum for +12V1 but what do you guys think? Oh yeah the adapter im using makes -5V
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