[MinnowBoard] problem getting Minnowboard Max to start

[Timothy Hurita]

Both blue lights should be solid. If the one next to the SATA connector is blinking then it's likely that the MAX isn't happy with the power source. I ran into the same issue using a high end 750W ATX power supply. The MAX would start to post, then the screen would go blank and one of the blue lights would flash. While monitoring power with a DMM I'd see it drop from 5.1v to 4.7v so maybe I wasn't loading the power supply enough. I did have a 10 Ohm resistor across the same power rail so I am not really sure what the deal was.

What did work was an ancient 200W ATX PS I had laying around. I can also power the MAX and an SSD just fine with a 10W cell phone charger.
 		 	   		  
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