If I understand right, your problem is that the power supply won't turn on ? ATX power supplies can be told to turn on by jumpering 2 pins on the motherboard power connector. From memory its the Green wire and one of the black wires, I usually use the next one inwards. Pinouts for the connector can be found via Google. If the power supply also has an external on/off switch you can jumper these pins and use the switch to turn the power on or off.
Hope this helps, Col ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk -Users" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:22 PM Subject: [asterisk-users] No-mobo PC for USB Drives Enclosure? > I have over a half-dozen different SATA hard drives, each with > different data (configs, voiceprompts, voicemail, CDRs, AGIs) for each > one's different user groups and applications. Each one's load on the > Asterisk server is small enough that one server can host them all, > accessed easily over USB. > > But right now, each one is in its own external USB enclosure on a > powered USB hub. I want to combine them all into a single large > enclosure. I tried to use a single PC chassis, leaving the USB hub > inside with the drives screwed into it, and powered from the PC power > supply as internal drives on the proper drive power output plugs. But > without a PC motherboard plugged into the power supply, too, the power > supply won't start up to power the drives. > > I don't want to add a motherboard: that costs money, and sucks power, > and is totally unnecessary. I just want to make this gutted PC chassis > power my drives only, and have them connect to the complete PC sitting > next to it via the single USB cable coming out of the drive chassis. How > do I do that? > > Is it possible to use the extra, unused floppy power plugs to power > more hard drives, with an adapter? Is it possible to split the existing > hard drive power plugs to each power multiple drives? How many drives > can I split each power plug into? The power supply is a cheap 300W unit, > and the drives draw max under 9W each: > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=311 . So can I power > 25-30 of these drives, or at least 10? > -- > > (C) Matthew Rubenstein > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1430 - Release Date: 5/13/2008 7:31 AM > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
