I don't suppose that you could pass this onto whoever designs the hardware:

can they possibly increase the amount of current able to flow through the headers in a future revision? fans and devices are starting to want to draw more than an amp, so it's only practical..

cheers Tom, shame about the 1 ...

If i have the unmodified floppy connector plugged in, how many amps can i control through the high-power GPOs?

As in, can i run a 2.49 amp, 12 volt fan off one of the headers, in either PWM or on/off? or both? (that's a 30 watt fan!)

or better yet, can i run two or even three of these off the ...

Doesn't happen, unfortunately (as in, fans don't auto-spin-up)..



soo....

Well, i can do it however works but the string i saw was supposed to be sent to the LCD with LCDC. if i remember correctly, you can send the display raw strings by using the test display screen..

Is there a command string i can send to my MX212 to make it turn GPO 1 and 2 onto 100% (or full power) as soon as the display turns on (ie, no communication with the pc, just plug it in and *whiirrrr* fans start)?

I've seen the string on the net somewhere but after 4 hours of googling, i can't find ...