Re: Odd PSU problem
philo <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.hardware |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 11/12/20 6:57 PM, Paul wrote: > philo wrote: >> On 10/2/20 6:47 PM, Paul wrote: >>> phi <snip> >>> >>> I have a cable made up with a 7905 running off -12V >>> joined to it. This makes a "fake" -5V to "fool" whatever >>> gets in your way. The adapter currently sits in my Asus P2B-S >>> from year 2000 or so. (The Asus board measures and complains >>> about -5V, but nothing on the board uses it. Kooky.) >>> >>> It's not designed to supply a lot of current - the faking >>> circuit is just there to make a voltage value, to shut up >>> complaints. >>> >>> Â Â Â Paul >> >> >> >> Was in my workshop today and finished texting the last two of my power >> supplies. One would only start the machine intermittently. The other >> one fine...so I have a total of one spare supply. >> >> >> I did find a bad cap in the intermittent supply, but since it's an >> Antec, did not bother to replace it. >> >> I disassembled it and will use the parts in a junk sculpture. I make a >> lot of weird art using junked parts that I've been saving. > > Antec have inspired a lot of artists in their time. > > Lots of "capacitor men" made out of leaking caps :-) > > Â Â Paul I decided not to use leaking capacitors in my sculptures. I did find one additional 24 pin supply. It has a large case and will not fit most computers...but I do have one empty computer cabinet that it fits in. It might be a long time before I build another machine though. Heading over to FB now for some more political "discussions."