Motherboard fuses - missing?

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larry moe 'n curly

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I have an Asrock (budget Asus) K7VT4A Pro ATX motherboard with three
empty spaces where it seems that fuses would normally go.

They're all at the rear, near the I/O ports. At locations F1 and F2 I
measure 5V across their solder pads, while at location F2 I measure 0V
between them (each solder pad is at 4.8V).

I've seen resettable fuses installed in locations like this on some
other motherboards, and I've even seen some with soldered jumpers.

What's going on here?
 
"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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I have an Asrock (budget Asus) K7VT4A Pro ATX motherboard with three
empty spaces where it seems that fuses would normally go.

They're all at the rear, near the I/O ports. At locations F1 and F2 I
measure 5V across their solder pads, while at location F2 I measure 0V
between them (each solder pad is at 4.8V).

I've seen resettable fuses installed in locations like this on some
other motherboards, and I've even seen some with soldered jumpers.

What's going on here?

Mobos often have empty spaces where it looks like something could go. Not
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every model uses every space.
RTFM: http://www.asrock.com.tw/Drivers/Manual/K7VT4APro_um.pdf :)
 
Tom Biasi wrote:

"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:1124274551.787802.184310@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I have an Asrock (budget Asus) K7VT4A Pro ATX motherboard with three
empty spaces where it seems that fuses would normally go.

Mobos often have empty spaces where it looks like something could go. Not
every model uses every space.
RTFM: http://www.asrock.com.tw/Drivers/Manual/K7VT4APro_um.pdf :)
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I have RTFM, but TFM doesn't mention the fuse, and I doubt that these
missing fuses are for any missing functions. I've also never heard of
TFM ever going into this much detail about the hardware.
 
"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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Tom Biasi wrote:

"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:1124274551.787802.184310@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I have an Asrock (budget Asus) K7VT4A Pro ATX motherboard with three
empty spaces where it seems that fuses would normally go.

Mobos often have empty spaces where it looks like something could go. Not
every model uses every space.
RTFM: http://www.asrock.com.tw/Drivers/Manual/K7VT4APro_um.pdf :)

I have RTFM, but TFM doesn't mention the fuse, and I doubt that these
missing fuses are for any missing functions. I've also never heard of
TFM ever going into this much detail about the hardware.

If they are not there you probably don't need them.
Click to expand...
 
"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:1124274551.787802.184310@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I have an Asrock (budget Asus) K7VT4A Pro ATX motherboard with three
empty spaces where it seems that fuses would normally go.

They're all at the rear, near the I/O ports. At locations F1 and F2 I
measure 5V across their solder pads, while at location F2 I measure 0V
between them (each solder pad is at 4.8V).

I've seen resettable fuses installed in locations like this on some
other motherboards, and I've even seen some with soldered jumpers.

What's going on here?

Mobos often have empty spaces where it looks like something could go. Not
Click to expand...
every model uses every space.
RTFM: http://www.asrock.com.tw/Drivers/Manual/K7VT4APro_um.pdf :)
 
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