Technical Reference Guide

Chapter 6

POWER and SIGNAL

DISTRIBUTION

6.Chapter 6 POWER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION

6.1INTRODUCTION

This chapter describes the power supply and method of general power and signal distribution. Topics covered in this chapter include:

♦ Power supply assembly/control (6.2)

page 6-1

Power distribution (6.3)

page 6-5

Signal distribution (6.4)

page 6-8

6.2POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY/CONTROL

This system features a power supply assembly that is controlled through programmable logic (Figure 6-1).

Front Bezel

Power On/Off

Power On

System Board

CPU, Slots, Chipsets, Logic

& Voltage Regulators

Mains

110/230 VAC

 

PS

Fan

Fan

+5

+3.3 +12.8 VDC

 

 

 

On

Off

Spd

AUX

AUX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+5 VDC

+5 VDC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-5 VDC

 

 

 

 

Power Supply

 

Drives

 

 

 

+12 VDC

+12 VDC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-12 VDC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 6–1.Power Distribution and Control, Block Diagram

Compaq Evo and Workstation Personal Computers 6-1

Featuring the Intel Pentium 4 Processor

Second Edition - January 2003

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Compaq W4000 manual Power Supply ASSEMBLY/CONTROL, Aux