TITLE
    Power Macintosh G3: Maximum Wattage Used By PCI Cards
Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 		24730
11/24/98
11/2/00
TOPIC

    This article provides the electrical specifications for four of the cards currently offered through the Build To Order (BTO) web page.

DISCUSSION

    Following are the electrical specifications for four of the cards currently offered through BTO:
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    Card
    Maximum Wattage
    Ultra Wide SCSI card
    10 watts maximum
    128-bit 2D/3D graphics accelerator card
    8.925 watts maximum
    Firewire card
    10 watts maximum (1)
    10/100 Ethernet card
    6 watts maximum
    Notes
    (1) With all three ports of the firewire card in use, the card uses approximately 1 watt. However, since the firewire specification allows the card to provide "bus power" to connected devices which don't provide their own power, and the card is fused at a maximum of .75 amps (at 12v), that adds another possible 9 watts, for a maximum of 10 watts.

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    The contents of the Power Macintosh G3 Technical Information Guide can be found in the following article:

    Article 24213: " Power Macintosh G3: Technical Information Guide "

Document Information
Product Area: Computers
Category: Power Macintosh
Sub Category: Power Macintosh G3

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