[RndTbl] partial PS use?

[Hartmut W Sager]

Yes, those garbage-can-sized capacitors can explode and fill the room with
a dense whitish smoke (and stink), and it makes a very loud bang at the
moment of explosion.  That tends to end your OS session too.

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On 15 February 2016 at 15:51, Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net> wrote:

> I think even the AT spec wanted to see a PWR_OK signal or it could shut
> itself down. I could be wrong, and I'm too lazy to look it up right now.
> Worst case, you just need to splice two wires together when you hack off
> the connector.
>
> Even AT-eta supplies had adequate internal protection against, e.g.
> bursting into flames, I wouldn't worry too much about that. They did often
> have big electrolytic caps, though, *those* could potentially be a problem
> regardless of unbalanced power draw.
>
> -Adam
> -Adam
>
> On February 15, 2016 3:48:01 PM CST, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 2016-02-15 Adam Thompson wrote:
>>
>>>  You have to fake out (short??) at least one signal on the motherboard
>>>  connector for the PSU to continue delivering power.
>>>
>>
>> Even for AT PS?  (*not* ATX)
>>
>> My plan is to cut off the connectors completely and just wire up the 5V
>> wire(s) to a non-standard connector I need for the project.
>>
>>  know the PSU died if that's a major concern.  I'm assuming you aren't
>>>  going to run out of spare AT PSUs anytime soon ;-). -Adam
>>>
>>
>> Nope, but wouldn't want these things bursting into flames...
>>
>>
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