Hot Wiring a Power Supply

[shadow850]

Does any one know how to make a power supply work with out plugging it in to the mother board

thanks
Shadow850

 

[cyber mouse45]

Take a pice of wire and stick one end into the pin 14 spot (green) and the other end in a ground (black).

And welcome to the forums!!!

 

[shadow850]

hey thanks for the help.
i have to many fans and wanted to take them off the main power supply
shadow850

 

[CyberFed]

i have the same rig , i run a second psu with 8 80mm fans to cool the entire case, i rigged up the setup shown in the picture above but i added a toggle switch and ran it through the front of a 5 1/2 bay so i can just toggle the second psu on when i power on the computer to get everything going at once. There is a way to wire up the 2nd psu to power on with the 1st one but i didnt want to cut wires on my atx cord for the main psu which is the way it would have to be done

 

[stool]

If you want to invest in an ATX extension cable, you can do it like this . I set mine up this way, works like a charm, and you don't have to cut any PSU wires.