Dead psu?

Str0be · 01-02-05, 12:03 PM

i put the power cord in my power supply (in my signature) by itself, no motherboard or anything else, maybe the case fan... anyways i put it in and hit the button on the power supply, nothing happens? i click it off then back on, nothing happens?

David · 01-02-05, 12:05 PM

The button on the back of the PSU is more an emergency switch. For the PSU to power on the motherboard sends it a signal via the power cable and it will turn on.

Don't worry - once you have a motherboard and CPU and RAM and graphics card in, hook up the front switch, set the switch on the PSU to on, and then turn the PC on

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facialicious · 01-02-05, 01:07 PM

you can power the psu on by shorting the green wire to any other black wire in the big atx connector. It shouldnt turn on otherwise.

Str0be · 01-03-05, 07:21 PM

ah, ty, ima try and put my stuffin the new case, i'll post my results.

01-02-05, 12:03 PM	Thread Starter #1
Str0be Registered Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alliance Ohio	Dead psu? i put the power cord in my power supply (in my signature) by itself, no motherboard or anything else, maybe the case fan... anyways i put it in and hit the button on the power supply, nothing happens? i click it off then back on, nothing happens?
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01-02-05, 12:05 PM	#2
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	The button on the back of the PSU is more an emergency switch. For the PSU to power on the motherboard sends it a signal via the power cable and it will turn on. Don't worry - once you have a motherboard and CPU and RAM and graphics card in, hook up the front switch, set the switch on the PSU to on, and then turn the PC on . __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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01-02-05, 01:07 PM	#3
facialicious Member Join Date: Nov 2004	you can power the psu on by shorting the green wire to any other black wire in the big atx connector. It shouldnt turn on otherwise.
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01-03-05, 07:21 PM	Thread Starter #4
Str0be Registered Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alliance Ohio	ah, ty, ima try and put my stuffin the new case, i'll post my results.
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