Re: Suppose I add ..............
I can do that also--just a TAD OT. But I'll be more than
happy to oblige. My only fear is it could open a "whole kettle of fish"
about help me this or that.
Not looking for any assistance or anything, just some "curiosities' to kill
the one and final life this poor kitty has left. ;-) Your call buddy!
--
73,
Curt
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"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| Well, I could, but why not ask me in here, and maybe we'll all benefit!
|
| (I normally don't do much email these days - probably getting too old
|
| Curt Christianson wrote:
| > Bill in Colo.,
| > Any chance dropping me a quick mail?
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| > Curt
| >
| > Windows Support Center
| >
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| > "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
| > news:%236hxQnsBIHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| >> I hope I'm not reading this right - that he is trying to tie the
outputs
| of
| >> two power supplies together, even if they are supposedly the same
| voltages.
| >> That is a definite NO NO. Even if they were perfectly identical,
| it
| >> is far too risky. I'm an E.E., and I would *definitely* advise
against
| >> this!
| >>
| >> Now, if you want to split up the loads and run them off of separate
| >> supplies, that would be different, but that's a pain in the butt, too,
| and
| >> not really advisable.
| >>
| >> Curt Christianson wrote:
| >>> In addition to Jeff's excellent advice, not only must the power
supplies
| >>> receive a "power good" signal, and *must* receive this signal within
| just
| >>> fractions of a seconds within being powered up.
| >>>
| >>> If you are anything but an experiences tech, I wouldn't even attempt
to
| do
| >>> what you describe. I'm experienced enough, but not crazy enough,
bored
| >>> enough,....
| >>>
| >>> --
| >>> HTH,
| >>> Curt
| >>>
| >>> Windows Support Center
| >>>
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| >>>
| >>> "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
| >>> news:%23ohVHGnBIHA.3564@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| >>>> Your external power supply needs a 'power good' signal to be fed back
| to it
| >>>> to tell it to continue running. Look at the detailed specifications
for
| the
| >>>> particular power supply type you are using and you can work out how
to
| make
| >>>> a plug for the mainboard connector that can provide the required
| signal.
| >>>>
| >>>> Note that what you are attempting is extremely risky and there's a
good
| >>>> chance you will blow something up unless you arrange things
correctly.
| >>>> --
| >>>> Jeff Richards
| >>>> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
| >>>> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| >>>> news:4450688D-1470-463D-B2C1-71F1FABF47C8@microsoft.com...
| >>>>> I am trying to use a spare power supply as a supplemental power
| supply.
| >>>>> There
| >>>>> is no room in the case for a second power supply so I put it outside
| the
| >>>>> case
| >>>>> and threaded the cables through the back of the computer case then
| >>>>> attached
| >>>>> the cables to unattached hard drives. Then, I turned-on the spare,
| >>>>> external,
| >>>>> power supple then turned-on the internal power supple but the spare,
| >>>>> external
| >>>>> power supple did not turn-on. What should I do?
|
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