Just take care not to overload the psu. Tot up the loads taken by the various peripherals and leave an amp or so to spare. By the sound of it by these kids arn't going to be playing much in the way of fantasy, high speed, interactive fiction. Lucky devils, in my exp. it rots young brains.
PS you can by those one to two power splitters with 4 pin Molex connectors off the shelf. On 4/16/08, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get an old Hp system refettled to run for some friends kids. > However, the mobo is running a 600MHz cpu, and I've only got 64MB of memory > for it. I've got a spare mobo with a pentium on it ( only one, as it's the > 24cm square size ), which I want to use. However, it's a non standard psu, > and hasn't got the 4 pin extra power connector on it. Is it safe to make up > a converter to use the spare disk power supply connector? I've got plenty of > old dead psus/disk power splitters I can rob the fittings from... > > Cheers, > > > Steve > PS yes, all Volker's comments about software engineers and soldering irons > are true in this case, but I reckon even I can manage this! > -- > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
