what is +5vsb?

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what is +5vsb? i just recieved my DFI Lanparty mobo NF-4 Ultra-D and am reading the manual carefully as they say its not simple mobo to setup and on friken first page i stumbled on setting that my PSU emermax 535 supports, do i need it and should i set it to +5vsb? or keep it 5v? which is default.

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SB stands for "Stand By" and is used for "Power On" features, such as keyboard power on and/or mouse power on.

Setting +5v rather than +5vSB eliminates the possibility of using those features.

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basicly waste of energy, and waste of moving little pins around.

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(sorry lazy words, not paying attention to my spelling)


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by MIHASYA on 09/02/05 00:11 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Waste

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