Antec EA-350 manual

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    E ARTH W ATTS 350 G REEN P OWER S UPPLY U SER ’ S M ANUAL V1.0[...]

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    U SER ’ S M ANUAL E ARTH W ATTS S ERIES EA-350 G REEN P OWER S UPPLY T HE E NE R GY - E FF IC IE NT PS U Get the power you need and the low ele ctric bill you wan t with Ante c’ s EarthW att s 350 Gre en! One of the most en viron ment ally friendly power supplie s on the planet, the EA -350 Gr een deliver s 350 wat ts of reliable, c ontinuous p[...]

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    D U AL +1 2 V O LT R AI L D IS TR IB UT IO N The EA-350 Green PSU uses dual +12 volt power rails. Different connectors are h ooked up to separate circuits to aid in the balanced distribution of p ower between devices in your compu ter. The +12V rails have been assigned to different c onnectors, as shown in Table 2, to prevent voltag e sags in one d[...]

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    T AB L E 3: O U TP UT C AP AC IT Y AN D R E GU LA TI ON Output V oltage Load Max. Regula tion Ripple & Nois e +3.3V 16A ±5% 40mV +5V 16A ±5% 40mV +12V 1 18A ±5% 80mV +12V 2 18A ±5% 80mV –12V 0.3A ±10% 1 20mV +5V sb 2.5A ±5% 40m V The continuous maximum tot al output power shall not ex ceed 350W . +12V 1 and +12V 2 DC maximum output powe[...]

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    2. Connect the 24-pin main po w er connector to your motherboard. If y our motherboard uses a 20-pin connector , detach the 4-pin att achment on the 24-pin connector . Note: The detac hable 4-pin section cannot be used in place of a 4-pin +12V connector . 3. Connect the 8-pin or 4-pin A TX12V connector f or the CPU to the appropriat e connector on [...]

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    6. Connect you r floppy drive (if pre se nt) using the sup plied FDD connector shown in Table 2. 7. Connect an AC power cord t o the power supply AC inlet. T u r n the switch to the “|” position after you hav e connecte d all the devices and are rea dy to turn on your computer .[...]

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    Antec, Inc. 47900 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 tel: 510-770-1200 fax: 510-770-1288 Antec Europe B.V. Stuttgartstraat 12 3047 A Rotterdam Netherlands tel: +31 (0) 10 462-2060 fax: +31 (0) 10 437-1752 Technical Support: US & Canada 1-800-22ANTEC customersupport@antec.com Europe +49-40-226-139-2 europe.techsupport@antec.com www.antec.com © 201[...]