[Soekris] Powersupply Net4801

[Bob Camp]

Hi

A better alternative would be to get a *good* +5 volt external power  
supply rated at a couple of amps. Then you could at least run the +5  
only flavor of disks.

Bob


On Jul 13, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Egbert Jan wrote:

> As we all know is the powersupply of the Net4801 not really capable of
> feeding diskdrive, CF and Wifi miniPCI all together at the same  
> time. I've
> tried an adapter with slightly more voltage and that helped a bit  
> but was
> not as relieable as I could wish. Now I had another sneaky plan: to  
> feed the
> diskdrive via a separate regulator (7805). I cut both pin 41 and 42  
> in the
> short interconnect (this is logic and power Vcc 5V) but I only get a
> flashing disk LED.
>
> I tapped the input voltage for the 7805 directly from the power  
> connector
> (solder side PCB) aasuming that the GND of the power adapter is the  
> GND for
> the whole circuit.
>
> Any one (Henrik? Soeren?) willing to shed some light here?
>
> Tnx
> Egbert Jan  (NL)
>
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