"My father's son" wrote in message ...

if there IS something wrong with the original Soyo power supply
and I neednt have gone to the bother of changing boards and
figuring out all the connections, - which arent (exactly) the same
on the Asus as on the Soyo.

Soyo PSUs are made by Key Mouse, www.kmepc.com, and aren't the very
worst you can get, although mine caused a lot of radio inteference
because it didn't contain a line filter, contrary to what the website
said. My 300W managed 300W and also met its 190W combined +3.3V and
+5V rating, at least for ten minutes (limit of my test).

To turn on a PSU without a mobo, connect its pin 14 (green wire, Power
On) to a black wire, like pin 13 or 15 next to it. Some PSUs also
need a load of 20 ohms or less (use 10 watt resistor -- could get hot
otherwise) between red and black wires for the +5V.

Compaq PSUs are supposed to be really good and made by Newton or
somebody.