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LordDamo:
Just a quick question, please correct me if im wrong.

With a normal ATX power supply, the floppy drive power cable is 6v? And it the two outside wires that I use (for + and -), right?
Red for + and yellow for -.
I have a spare PWR supply laying around, and I was wanting to use it for a bartop namco 5-in-1 hack, rather than buying a transformer.. Wiill the amps be to high?

Thanks in advance.
gobuchul74:
If I remember correctly Red to Black is 5VDC and Yellow to Black is 12VDC.  Don't worry about the amps. Amps are not pushed, they are drawn.  I don't think that little 5-in-one would draw more amps than a computer power supply could handle.
MinerAl:
Um, no.

5V and it is the red and a black.  I think the red and yellow are both hot, and the blacks are ground.

The 5-in-1 will want 6V not 5.  You could step down the 12V with some resistors, but it'd be much easier to get a black wall wart 6V ac-dc transformer and wire it to the wires in the 5-in-1.
LordDamo:

--- Quote from: gobuchul74 on December 21, 2004, 12:14:33 am ---If I remember correctly Red to Black is 5VDC and Yellow to Black is 12VDC.

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thanks man, you saved me blowing stuff up! Will 5v be enough you reckon?


--- Quote --- Don't worry about the amps. Amps are not pushed, they are drawn. I don't think that little 5-in-one would draw more amps than a computer power supply could handle.

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True, just wanting to make sure, it was hard for me to find this thing, dont want to kill it straight away.
LordDamo:

--- Quote from: MinerAl on December 21, 2004, 12:18:29 am ---Um, no.

5V and it is the red and a black. I think the red and yellow are both hot, and the blacks are ground.

The 5-in-1 will want 6V not 5. You could step down the 12V with some resistors, but it'd be much easier to get a black wall wart 6V ac-dc transformer and wire it to the wires in the 5-in-1.

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cool - thanks, was just trying to use stuff i already had rather than spend another $20 on a transformer. There on special at Dick Smiths, I'll get one tomorrow.
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