Modding a 'Shuttle' with Morex 55w PSU

[aeonf242]

Calling anyone with some modding experience in SFF!

I'm interested in putting together a 'shuttle' sized case from you e.g.Venus CP668 Black Mini Case or Aluminium ITX Cube EpiaM.

Then adding a suitable motherboard with built in CPU e.g.Via Epia-M 10000 Nemehiah, Via Epia-M 6000 or VIA Epia-V 8000.

Finally I want to power it using a : Morex 55w PSU (As used with the Cubid series cases - this is an external 230v to 12v transformer bundled with an internal DC-DC board which distributes power to an ATX motherboard connection , one hard disk connection and two floppy disk style connections. Uses no fans, so noise is not an issue ! Board size is 160 x 45mm )

Can you lot help me answer :

1. Will this PSU be fine with the board

2. Is it easy to secure the internal DC-DC board to the case assuming I can feed the wires in.

As you might've guess I've knicked the descriptions directly from a website!


THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

[Curly_cat]

The Morex PSU will power the board you want to use but if you are using a Venus Case then does that mean you want to use a full size CDROM and Floppy and a full size HDD???

The Morex PSU will struggle with that kind of hardware.

Give us a few more details of what you are trying to do and we will give you help and advice.

[joshwa]

i've reviewed the m10000 and got pictures of the Venus Black 668 on my website (jillajang - http://www.joshwa1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk ) if you wanna have a look.

a guy called "codebunny" ( http://www.codebunny.org/tech/quiet.html ) is using a silent psu for his m10000/venus system, but he's had to use a 110w power supply as he thought they 55w one would not be powerful enough, especially when using normal size hard drive and cd-roms.

i'm currently using a 90w lite-on power supply (from an old hp brio) with my m10000 , 2 cd-roms , 512mb, and an 80gb western digital.

[aeonf242]

I go the following response from a tech:

I think with the Venus you wouldn't have any problems, there
would be room for you to mount the board at the front, I don't think the alu itx cube would have enough room.
As for powering, this is tricky. What did you want to put in
it? I'm assuming perhaps a full size cd-rom was on the cards?
Basically the morex psu will only power the motherboard, one hard drive,and a slim lime laptop Cd-rom, larger Cd-roms cause too much drain andyou'll find as soon as they spin up the machine will reset.

[slugs]

my Morex PSU will not power a 7200rpm 3 1/2 hd, an epia motherboard and a 16x DVD. It doesn't have a problem with a laptop drive though.
the pc boots but powers down while reading the dvd

[aeonf242]

Does the power pack get hot? Like dangerously so......

I'm going to have wait a week or so until I can get it, I just bought a Guitar!

[Dfhaii]

my external power brick thingy gets warm but not hot, thats powerin a epia 800 and regular hdisk.

Col

[aeonf242]

I'm defo going ahead with it, although I heard a mention of a beer keg project!