Post by thread:faulty ATX power suply

Hello, my computer is turning off automagically about 7 times a day and I think it's a power suply problem. Someone knows how can I hack the signal wire that the motherboard uses to turn the PS on/off? Best regards, Brusque

Brusque, Are you sure it's the power supply and not power management? I'd check that before you go hacking into the power supply. If you're usin Win9x, it's in the Control Panel. Regards, Tim Hamel In a message dated 4/17/00 5:45:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, spam_OUTbrusqueTakeThisOuTFLYNET.COM.BR writes: > Hello, > > my computer is turning off automagically about 7 times a day and I think > it's a power suply problem. > > Someone knows how can I hack the signal wire that the motherboard uses > to turn the PS on/off? > > Best regards, > > Brusque >

no need to hack - just short the wires for ON/OFF. (OFF is short for 5-10 sec) Power management could be an issue - check that first. > > my computer is turning off automagically about 7 times a day and I > think it's a power suply problem. > > > > Someone knows how can I hack the signal wire that the motherboard uses > > to turn the PS on/off?

And I can also set my PC to turn itself on at 7am every day (my alarm clock, with email facilities). That is controlled in my BIOS, so look there too. At 10:07 PM 4/17/00 EDT, you wrote: {Quote hidden}>Brusque, > >Are you sure it's the power supply and not power management? I'd check that >before you go hacking into the power supply. If you're usin Win9x, it's in >the Control Panel. > >Regards, > >Tim Hamel > >In a message dated 4/17/00 5:45:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >.....brusqueKILLspam@spam@FLYNET.COM.BR writes: > >> Hello, >> >> my computer is turning off automagically about 7 times a day and I >think >> it's a power suply problem. >> >> Someone knows how can I hack the signal wire that the motherboard uses >> to turn the PS on/off? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Brusque >> > > David Lions Lab Technician Miva Corporation

Edson Brusque wrote: > Someone knows how can I hack the signal wire that the motherboard > uses to turn the PS on/off? Hack? Exactly how do you mean? Feed "TX POWER SUPPLY" into Google, and this is the first reply, as was posted to the list previously: http://www.compute-aid.com/atxspec.html It should allow you to identify the control wire (pin 14), and my memory suggests it is violet - my previous posting on this should be in the archives. I'd be interested (as may many of the list) to know what you find, and what you intend to do. One detail I have figured is that motherboards in general default OFF. If however you short the front panel button, they default ON but of course you can't turn them off then. -- Cheers, Paul B.

Hi last time I had that problem it was the UPS. Ivo ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Hamel <TekPhobiaKILLspamAOL.COM> To: <.....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: April 17, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: Re: faulty ATX power suply - very [OT] > Brusque, > > Are you sure it's the power supply and not power management? I'd check that {Quote hidden}> before you go hacking into the power supply. If you're usin Win9x, it's in > the Control Panel. > > Regards, > > Tim Hamel > > In a message dated 4/17/00 5:45:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > EraseMEbrusquespam_OUTTakeThisOuTFLYNET.COM.BR writes: > > > Hello, > > > > my computer is turning off automagically about 7 times a day and I > think > > it's a power suply problem. > > > > Someone knows how can I hack the signal wire that the motherboard uses > > to turn the PS on/off? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Brusque > >