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Default computer power supplies..

Eeyore wrote:

Michael Karcher wrote:

larya wrote:
How can I turn the power supply 'on' at the power supply?...

If it's ATX, ground the PS_ON pin.

See Wikipedia for Pinout.


Beware. It may not regulate properly with no load on the 5 or 12 V
output.


On every PSU I've tried it on, the fan seems to provide enough load for
the voltages to be okay.

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