On 01/10/2013 05:14 PM, Jim Garrison wrote: > The CPU fan plugs into the motherboard, not the power supply directly > DON'T run the system with the CPU fan (or any other fan that > plugs into the motherboard) disconnected. Disconnect only > peripherals that get their power directly from the PS via > 4-pin plugs or SATA power connectors. If you have a graphics > card that needs auxiliary power and has a PS connector, I > believe you can run those without the aux power but won't have > access to the high-end functions of the GPU, which you won't need. I'll be sure just to disconnect the power going to the hard drive and to the DVD drive. I'm pretty sure those are the only things other than the motherboard getting power from the power supply.
I'm using the on-board video in this machine, although some day I hope to put in a higher end video card. Thanks for the clarification. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
