Talk:ATX
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The article claimed that ATX will eventually be replaced by BTX. While this is Intel's intention, their plans don't seem to be going very well so unless you've got a crystal ball, I think it's a little unresonable to makes this claim
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[edit] The advance of atx power connectors
The atx form factor was created in 1995 and completely out ran the ordinary at supply.The atx was a solution to all the disadvantages and problems that were caused by the at power supply.The atx power supply has a switch in the back to make sure that no power is flowing to the motherboard and this is also a safety precaution.
[edit] wikified
Doesnt this need to be wikified? And isnt it a stub?
[edit] more
what about explaining what something like "atx 12V v1.2" means etc. Great start but could do with more
- I'd certainly love to see a bit more info on power supplies, etc. I see PSUs described as "PSII ATX" or "PSIII", and have no idea what this means :) Steved424 09:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- And I see things like "ATX 2.2" when picking out a PSU, and I don't know what that means. --BennyD 23:41, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Baby AT and PS/2
I am positive that some of the Intel motherboards, perhaps OEM-only models, had PS/2 ports. Perhaps even back to 486 times. The majority of PS/2 on Baby AT boards came on a bracket, however. --Swaaye 02:09, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
- PS/2 mouse ports were seen on quite a few (i think less than half though) of baby AT machines on a bracket but i don't think i've ever seen one that didn't have 5 pin din keyboard port. I have seen some (pre ATX) big brand machines with two PS/2 ports but i don't think they were baby AT form factor. Plugwash 22:05, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Corrected btx link
Updated link for BTX since the page has been moved. --
RND T C 17:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Extended ATX
Anyone up for making an article or section on Extended ATX? Jay Kana 14:40, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Old Power supply pictured
The I think a picture of a power supply with the new 6 pin PCIE connector and without the 3 pin fan connector (new power supply fans are not controlled by the motherboard) should replace the one currently listed.
[edit] Airflow
I believe there are ATX power supplies with different airflows:
- From top to front (fan)
- From back to front (fan)
- From front to top (fan) to CPU
Would this warrant a discussion?
[edit] New Formfactor: DTX
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36833 Released by AMD. --Satsuki 06:43, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Shorting a power supply
FTA: Because the ATX PSU uses the motherboard's power switch, turning on the power in situations that do not utilize an ATX motherboard is possible by shorting the green wire from the ATX connector to any black wire on the connector (or ground). This trick allows easy re-use of an old PC power supply.
I've heard that this can be very dangerous (as well as fatal to your hardware). Can anyone clarify? Nemilar 01:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- No shorting a psu in this manner is one of the main ways to add a second psu for the purpose of running the highest end graphics cards or water cooling units
[[User:Mdogma]10:40, 8, Mar 07]
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- I'd think it highly unlikely this would be dangerous but you have to be carefull about underloading if you don't want to damage stuff. Some PSUs start to lose regulation if certain rails (mainly the 5V rail afaict) are not sufficiantly loaded. Plugwash 21:12, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Display bug
When i [hide] the menu 'Contents', the first picture and the [edit] link don't move, but the text and the second image do. So there is a bad mix (Firefox 1.5 Win XP SP2)
