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PC Power Supply - Turning On ?
papaschtroumpf:
if the part that connect to the mobo is in 2 pieces of a single row of pins, it's AT
if it's one single connector with 2 rows of pins, it's ATX
(see pictures on sites referenced above)
The colors on older ATX supplies are not always right, you can always go by pin number instead (on one of my supplies the green wire is purple instead)
Chris:
Sounds like an AT supply, so it should have a separate switch. You can probably replace that switch with a relay and connect the relay to a power connector on the PC power supply to get it to fire up automatically...
--Chris
fredster:
My pc has a bios setting on power interuption. I set it to to power up by itself. So when I plug it or power it up with the power strip, it comes on automatically.
Oldskool:
--- Quote ---if the part that connect to the mobo is in 2 pieces of a single row of pins, it's AT
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Then it's definately AT.
--- Quote ---Sounds like an AT supply, so it should have a separate switch
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I can't look at it right now (I'm at work) but I'm pretty darn sure that it doesn't have a separate switch on the body of the power supply.
Chris:
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I can't look at it right now (I'm at work) but I'm pretty darn sure that it doesn't have a separate switch on the body of the power supply.
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It won't be on the body unless its a really old IBM supply... it'll be a set of leads (3 or 4, I think) ending in insulated quick disconnects that are meant to connect to a switch on the case.
--Chris