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quarterback:
Just as a followup to this previous suggestion I made.  I recently bought an $12 USB->IDE connector (the kind of thing you use to hook a hard drive up to a USB port, but without an external enclosure) and it came with a power supply (of course) so you could power up your IDE drive.   

The power supply is a 3-prong (grounded) wall plug that goes to a box (transformer) and has a molex connector coming out. You're supposed to plug that molex connector into your IDE drive BUT what it REALLY is is a quick/easy and relatively cheap way to get both 5v and 12v DC from your 120V AC wall socket.   And, according to my multimeter, it's pretty close.... much closer than my multi-output wallwart, which is WAYYYY off on the voltage.

Anyway, my point is, for $11 you can get a 'replacement' for your PC Power Supply if you need to run a number of PC-type accessories (like cold cathodes, LEDs, fans etc) but your PC power supply doesn't have enough plugs or is just inconveniently located or whatever.

Here's a link to what I bought.  And a picture of the adapter:






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--- Quote from: quarterback on February 23, 2006, 11:56:15 pm ---Or get this here

The picture looks odd to me, but the short description sounds right.


--- Quote ---Adapter / Transformer converts 110V AC to 12V DC 5.25" & 3.5" Molex connectors.

Item Details
Power Adapter to Convert AC Power to Molex Power Connector
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That sounds like the ticket, kudos!

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Tahnok:
That looks like a pretty cool little gadget. Did you actually buy your converter from that website? I'm always a bit hesitant to start buying things from random computer websites.
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: MiahXGaming on February 23, 2006, 11:50:26 am ---Does anyone know of a way to get sound activated lighting that runs off of AC power rather than PC powered?

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Your best bet here is to try Disco and DJ equipment suppliers.... You can get cheap sound to light controlers from them. Those will drive your Cathodes.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
PCtech:

--- Quote from: MiahXGaming on February 23, 2006, 12:11:30 pm ---Because...

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But why?  ;D
quarterback:

--- Quote from: tahnok100 on March 22, 2006, 03:33:12 am ---That looks like a pretty cool little gadget. Did you actually buy your converter from that website? I'm always a bit hesitant to start buying things from random computer websites.
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I did buy from geeks.com    Computer Geeks (aka geeks.com) is fully legit.  I've bought a number of things from them over the last 5 or 6 years.

Also, there are 10% off coupon codes available.  Google should bring them up.
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