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| MYX:
As a result of a previous thread, I will be using an additional Computer PUS to supply power to my audio amp as well as other misc. circuts. My question is this... There are a BUNCH of wires in a bundle that run from the CPU to the motherboard. Are these standard? Are the colors standard? What do all the lines do (if they are standard)? I will need to trick the PSU to think that it is always on and I have read (somewhere???) that if you cross line a to line b it will think that it is been turned on. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks |
| wrench:
here's the fix |
| MYX:
Great that solves that. Any ideas what the rest of the pinouts are for? |
| MonMotha:
http://xtronics.com/reference/atx_pinout.htm First link on google. A cursory inspection against what I rememeber of the pinout seems to indicate it is correct. The colors are semi-standard. Orange seems to always be 3.3V, Red is always 5V, yellow is always 12V, black is always ground. After that there seems to be some variation. Blue and gray/white are usually used for the negative rails, and green seems standard for the power remote. Many PSUs will have a label on the side telling you what each color is. |
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