Hey,<BR><BR>So I come home and go to turn on my computer. Nothing. It's as if the computer isn't plugged in. I notice that the power had been out throughout the house. All the clocks need resetting.

I burned my brand new MoBo ECS 945GZT M with a bad PSU. (I can't RMA-it because : 1) I bought it in 2nd hands, 2) It's my bad PSU that made this is issue) Something burned near the F_Panel pin's ...

At the highest level of power management techniques is ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), an open-industry specification co-developed by Compaq, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba.

The Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) interface specification was developed by Intel to provide standard interfaces and form factors in an effort to address the thermal and acoustical issues ...