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there are some supplies that don't like to power up unless there is
something attached.. sometimes sticking a small 5v and 12v light bulb on
some of the motherboard output lines can do the trick.
Thank You,
Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)
"Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Brian wrote:
> Here at work we often have to scrap old non-booting systems. I'd really
> like a nice 12 volt power supply at my desk but I don't want to have to
> attach a mobo to it. Is there any way to get the power supply to run on
> its own?
>
> The only info I can find is for ATX power supplies (which is as simple as
> jumpering two pins together with a paper clip) but nothing on AT power
> supplies. Anyone have any idea how to accomplish this?
>
> And yes, I know they say not to do it because you may damage your power
> supply, but I have an overstock of these 145 watt units so I don't care if
> I destroy a few trying :-)
>
> -Brian
>
>
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