| General > General Technical Chat |
| Why aren't computers designed to handle power failure? |
| << < (8/14) > >> |
| bd139:
I was working on a similar idea until recently. Decided not to bother in the end because the incompatibilities of all the things gave me a small headache every time I tried to resolve them :(. I have an SLA floating around, some LED lights that'll run of it, a laptop with extended battery and a Trangia stove worst case |
| Marco:
--- Quote from: Raj on June 12, 2020, 07:28:40 am ---This would be most efficient if the battery were to directly interact with the motherboard. Why don't we do this? --- End quote --- Cause no one big pushed it. If the ATX standard even had as an option a standardized DC input for UPS purposes, then things would have gone differently. |
| bd139:
There's an ATX12VO standard coming out this year which is standardised DC input for 12V. Design guide: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/single-rail-power-supply-platform-atx12vo-design-guide.pdf |
| filssavi:
--- Quote from: bd139 on June 12, 2020, 03:42:08 pm ---There's an ATX12VO standard coming out this year which is standardised DC input for 12V. Design guide: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/single-rail-power-supply-platform-atx12vo-design-guide.pdf --- End quote --- True but At least in the foreseeable future it will only be used in OEM systems ( think dell, HP and Lenovo) Discrete PSU and motherboard manufacturers have already said they don’t have any plan to implement it as it would fragment the market and lead to confusion in most consumers |
| bd139:
That's a bummer. There's enough fragmentation so I agree. I built my first desktop for about 10 years recently and was annoyed to find out that I still had to frig around with LED and power switch wiring like I did in the mid 1990s. Perhaps they can consolidate all that first. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |