Yes, you are correct. I mean, (quoting myself:)
"I would believe this, however, i dont see any regulators specifically
powering the pci bus. All i see are "supply islands", which are powered
directly by the psu. Hell, even your keyboard has a direct connection to the
psu (for a demonstration, spill coffee over it).

The only regulators that I see are for the CPU.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lance Woollett" <lancewlt@xtra.co.nz>
To: "Craig Whitmore" <lennon@orcon.net.nz>; "Nathan Legg"
<thenexus@ihug.co.nz>
Cc: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: external vs internal

> I think he's more after an explanation about the power that externals vs
> internals can pump down the line (or something to that effect) - and what
> effect this has on the reach and stablility of externals vs internals.
This
> is something I'm interested in as well.
> The advice I have had in the past from the telecom adsl helpdesk is that
> under dodgy line conditions and/or when the user is a long way from the
> exchange that externals perform better than internals because "they have
> their own power supply rather than relying upon the meagre amount supplied
> by the PCI bus or the USB port" (USB modems were also regarded as poor
> performers).
>
> Can anyone provide a more concrete explaination rather than something I
just
> heard?
>
> Lance
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Whitmore" <lennon@orcon.net.nz>
> To: "Nathan Legg" <thenexus@ihug.co.nz>
> Cc: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: external vs internal
>
>
> > Most Internal DSL Modems are "Win Modems" (ie they use processing power
of
> > the computer to do all its work). So if you are doing things which can
use
> > alot of CPU up for example the computers dont' have enough grunt to run
> the
> > modem properly (users with normal internal modems see this as well).
> >
> > Thanks
> > Craig Whitmore
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nathan Legg" <thenexus@ihug.co.nz>
> > To: "Mark Foster" <blakjak@blakjak.net>
> > Cc: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: external vs internal
> >
> >
> > > Was hoping to get some actual reasons for this.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark Foster" <blakjak@blakjak.net>
> > > To: "Nathan Legg" <thenexus@ihug.co.nz>
> > > Cc: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:03 PM
> > > Subject: Re: external vs internal
> > >
> > >
> > > > Official word?
> > > > From the Telecom DSL Support desk ive been told that External
> (Routers)
> > > > are definately more reliable/stable in fringe areas, is that what
> youre
> > > > after?
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Nathan Legg wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > (disclaimer: Searched the archive, but...)
> > > > >
> > > > > What's the official word on external vs internal, in regards to
> > > stability in
> > > > > fringe areas?
> > > > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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