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Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:46 am
by nige2000
That's what I was trying to achieve with the video
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:55 pm
by Sligolad
adolfo.a.aguiar wrote:Sligolad,
It works. I would never try this on my own.
Thanks a lot.
I would have been there myself for a month of Sundays without help from Nige and Youtube on this MSI board.....
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:03 pm
by rickmcinnis
nige2000,
I am assuming NO CAPACITORS after the batteries.
Is this correct?
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:58 pm
by nige2000
rickmcinnis wrote:nige2000,
I am assuming NO CAPACITORS after the batteries.
Is this correct?
With lifepo4 it's easier to do harm with capacitors than good
what capacitor will cope with the speed?
1 uf or less film caps maybe if you must
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:32 pm
by rickmcinnis
No caps is preferred.
Less of a mess! Simplicity ...
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:09 pm
by rickmcinnis
Soldered leads/tabs to a few batteries last night and it was not all that difficult..
Using bits of Allen Wright's silver foil speaker wire for the tabs so I don't have to worry (too much) about oxidation.
Using the trick flux and the same company's tin/zinc solder on the batteries made it seem pretty easy. Was not interested in trying the my regular solder (WONDER SOLDER) on the batteries but did use that for the solder blob on the foil.
After attachment the foils are firmly affixed to the batteries.
I was careful to limit the time.
I did find that it is best to get it right the first time, though. Going back to add solder seemed to be trickier.
The positive end is the hardest one - soaks up the most heat and once those batteries warm up they are slow to release it. One should understand patience and plenty of time is required before starting the process.
Now to see if they still work!
THANKS for all of the guidance and wisdom.
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:18 pm
by nige2000
congrats rick thats great news
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:46 pm
by tony
Sligolad wrote:adolfo.a.aguiar wrote:Sligolad,
It works. I would never try this on my own.
Thanks a lot.
I would have been there myself for a month of Sundays without help from Nige and Youtube on this MSI board.....
Glad others are struggling on this bios. All the areas I believe I need to get into a greyed out. Is there some option to enable or disable
to allow changes to this board? Mine is running at 43c is that ok?
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:17 pm
by nige2000
Jeez I found intel bios difficult
maybe it depends what you're used to
Regardless bios settings is fine tuning
the pc is audio hell it's all about damage limitation
Re: AUDIO PC: Direct power to motherboad 24 and 4pin (picole
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:55 pm
by rickmcinnis
nige2000,
As I prepare to actually wire this stuff up I have meditated on the "power" switch.
I used quotes because I am wondering: what if there is only a switch on the ground side?
One could connect all grounds to this one point. One could use a simple switch to power up both sides of the chip. It would greatly simplify the wiring along with shortening the wires. Positive leads would be continuous from the batteries to the DAC.
Can you think of any reason not to do this?
I know a break in the circuit is a break no matter where it appears - no getting around that but not having to use a switch for both sets of batteries seems an advantage.
Your thoughts are appreciated.