Thanks for that explanation Robert Maybe you could let us know whether the new designs also solve the wake-from-sleep problem? Cheers James -- James Knight Norwich, UK j.knight at kb-group.co.uk on 12/1/03 8:40 pm, Robert Jagitsch at robertj at powerlogix.com wrote: > We are not doing a replacement DC-DC card, there were too many design > compromises that made such a design very difficult; namely, being > able to support the power demands of dual processors with virtually > no airflow over the DC-DC board. So instead we are going to leave the > Apple DC-DC board alone, however we'll be providing a 2nd board to > supply 12volts to drive the CPUs. The Apple board will therefore only > have to provide 3v and 5v, and not 12v, significantly reducing its > workload and lengthening its working life. And we'll be able to put > our 12v DC-DC board into the airflow, and we have fewer other design > compromises (can use other chipsets because the board can be bigger, > etc.) > > If you have any other questions let me know. > > R >