Hi Andy,
There are Dells and there are Dells. I know of at least three
variants of the Dell ATX psu !!
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 8:31 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:07:28 -0400, Rick Glazier
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Good move... Not all ATX power supplies are wired the same.
> >(DELL, maybe others are different...)
>
> <<Snip>>
>
> >I would ONLY use pin numbers as the identification for this sort
> > of
>
> testing... (Not colors.)
>
> My apologies, I guess colour blindness could be an issue also?
> Although I've never seen an ATX supply that was wired differently,
> even the Dell I'm using right now has the green wire in the correct
> place.
> The pins to short on a 20 pin MOLEX connector are Pins 13 (Signal
> Ground) and 14 (PS_On). For a 24 pin MOLEX connector, short pins
> 15 (Signal Ground) and 16 (PS_On). The pins are always in the same
> position relative to pin 1. Pin 1 is on the opposite side from the
> mounting clip on the cable connector from the PSU. If you hold the
> PSU cable in your hand and look down on the cable ends with the
> securing clip to the right, pin one is the top left hand pin,
> standard wiring will have the cable from this pin Orange and the
> pin shroud will always be square. So, the pins to short are always
> the 3rd and 4th pins down on the opposite side of the connector
> from pin 1 (same side as the securing clip).
>
> Hope this helps clear up what I was trying to say.
> Andy
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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