[rescue] Netra 1100/1400 => 1105/1405?

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On , August 22, 2001 at 22:00:26 (-0700), Gregory Leblanc wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Netra 1100/1400 => 1105/1405?
>
> No, you misunderstood.  I have no problem with the -48vdc input to the
> power supply...  I just don't like the fact that it relies on the power
> supply to create the correct voltages for the CPU.

"So, where do you you expect it to generate the correct voltages for the
CPU?  In the RAM or something?"  :-)

>  I like -48V dc, I
> just don't have that coming out of the power supply on my workbench...

Ah, I see.  Well this is more common on workstations than it was on PCs,
though even on PCs we now have ATX supplies generating 3.3vdc for the
CPU, which is much closer to what most CPUs need now.  Of course Intel's
constantly tuning little things so you still need a custom VRM on the
motherboard (nobody in their right mind want's to also change their PS
when they change their CPU! :-).  In the workstation world though it's
probaby common enough to generate exactly the right voltages for the CPU
from right in the power supply with no intervening VRM.

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