EPIA-M860 User Manual
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Appendix A.
Power Consumption Report
Power consumption tests were performed on the VIA EPIA-M860. The following tables represent the breakdown of the
voltage, amp and wattage values while running common system applications.
A.1.
EPIA-M860
The tests were performed based on the following additional components:
Memory: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
HDD: Hitachi HD721616PLA380 160GB SATA
The DC-in tests used two HDDs.
DVD-ROM: DVR-115BK
A.1.1.
Playing DVDs (ATX)
This benchmark was performed using PowerDVD 8.0 using the HDMI interface.
Power Plane
Volts
Amperes
Watts
+3.3V
3.231
1.016
3.283
+5V
5.262
1.854
9.756
+5VSB
4.875
0.424
2.067
+12V
12.977
0.016
0.208
Total Power
Consumption
15.314
A.1.2.
Playing DVDs (DC-in)
This benchmark was performed using PowerDVD 8.0 using the HDMI interface. Test results exclude SATA power.
Power Plane
Volts
Amperes
Watts
+3.3V
0.000
0.000
0.000
+5V
0.000
0.000
0.000
+5VSB
0.000
0.000
0.000
+12V
12.921
1.370
17.702
Total Power
Consumption
17.702
A.1.3.
Playing MP3s (ATX)
Power Plane
Volts
Amperes
Watts
+3.3V
3.208
0.855
2.743
+5V
5.241
1.507
7.898
+5VSB
4.852
0.423
2.052
+12V
12.941
0.009
0.116
Total Power
Consumption
12.809
