Silverstone ST50F-ES manual

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    High efficiency with 80Plus certification 24hour continuous power output with 40 C operating temperature Class-leading single +12V rail Multiple protection circuitry Silent running 120mm fan with 18dBA PCI-E 8pin and PCI-E 6pin connector support ATX 12V 2.3 support Active PFC circuitry Power for everything you need November , 2009 NO. G1121 ST50F-E[...]

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    SPECIFICATION SilverStone Essential Plus ST50F-ES ST40F-ES ATX12V 2.3 Switching Power Supply With Active PFC PS/2 01 This specification defines the performance characteristics of a single phase 500 and 400 watts, 5 output power supply . This specification also defines worldwide safety and electromagnetic compatibility requirements for the power sup[...]

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    03 ST50F-ES, ST40F-ES provides an efficiency of >80% when measured at full load under 115V/60Hz and 230V/50Hz condition. Maximum continuous total DC output power should not exceed 500W. Maximum continuous combined load on +3.3VDC and +5VDC outputs shall not exceed 120W. Maximum combined load on +12V outputs shall not exceed 400W. When the 12V ou[...]

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    05 3.3 Regulation 3.4 Rise Time 3.3.1 ST50F-ES The cross regulation defined as follows, the output regulation should be within the specified range. DC output rise time is less than 20 mS at nominal line and full load. 3.5 Hold-up Time DC +5V output maintains at least 8mS after power off which hold within para 3.1 under 230V/50Hz condition. 3.6 5VSB[...]

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    07 5. START STABILITY 6. ENVIRONMENTS 5.1 No Load Start When power is applied to ST50F-ES & ST40F-ES with no load connected or under minimum load connected, neither damage to power supply nor hazards to users will occur. 5.2 Cold Start 6.1 Temperature and Humidity 6.2 Altitude 6.1.1 Operating The power supply shall operate properly when first a[...]

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    09 * T1 : Turn on time ( 2 sec. Max.) * T2 : Rise time ( 20mS Max.) * T3 : Power good turn on delay time ( 100 < T3 < 500 mS ) * T4 : Switch on time (0.5 sec. Max.) * T5 : Power good turn off delay time ( 1.0 mS Min.) PS-ON/OFF * T6 : Power hold-up time ( 8 mS Min.) * Power on-off cycle : Time Diagram Figure 1 < = When the power supply is [...]

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    11 4PIN peripheral connector (HDD) 4PIN floppy connector (FDD) Signal Pin Pin Signal Yellow +12V Black COM Black COM Red +5VDC 1 2 3 4 1 +5VDC 2 COM 3 COM 4 +12V Red Black Black Yellow SATA connector Signal Pin Orange +3.3V Black COM Red +5V Black COM Yellow +12V 5 4 3 2 1 8PIN PCI Express connector Signal Pin Pin Signal Yellow +12V Yellow +12V Yel[...]