Twin PSU

LASHED · 7th November 2004, 11:22 AM

With the new vid cards, onset of neon lights and fans galore, is their a way to have two PSU's run together, and if so what is needed to get both to boot up when the power button is pushed on.

Is it worth doing?, obviously there is a limit to how much power is needed !
Is it just better to buy 1 bigger power supply?

Goth · 7th November 2004, 11:42 AM

You need to pull power_on wire on the ATX connector to ground, usually by connecting it into the first PSU

LASHED · 7th November 2004, 12:00 PM

kewl.... any pictures or added help...... I know this is a noob question, but hey I am a noob at this stuff.

t_rex · 7th November 2004, 12:03 PM

Power_on is the green wire... I assume you know what colour ground is.

outonanisland · 7th November 2004, 1:01 PM

ive successfully done this mod before, take the green and black wires from your secondary psu (google psu hotwiring if your not sure which wires) and then take your primary psu that plugs into your mobo, get a lighter and melt some of the plastic coating off the green and black wires (same wires as before) and splice in the secondary psu black and green wires, tape it all up good and proper, hit the power button on your pc and she should fire up.

if it at first it doesnt power up, check that the switch on the back of both psu's is set to on.

7th November 2004, 11:22 AM	#1
LASHED Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 25	Twin PSU With the new vid cards, onset of neon lights and fans galore, is their a way to have two PSU's run together, and if so what is needed to get both to boot up when the power button is pushed on. Is it worth doing?, obviously there is a limit to how much power is needed ! Is it just better to buy 1 bigger power supply? __________________ AMD FX53, MSI K8N Diamond, 2048mb Geil DDR500, 2 x WD Raptor HDD 73 gig, TWIN 7800 GTX, OCZ powerstream 520w PSU

7th November 2004, 12:00 PM	#3
LASHED Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 25	kewl.... any pictures or added help...... I know this is a noob question, but hey I am a noob at this stuff. __________________ AMD FX53, MSI K8N Diamond, 2048mb Geil DDR500, 2 x WD Raptor HDD 73 gig, TWIN 7800 GTX, OCZ powerstream 520w PSU

7th November 2004, 12:03 PM	#4
t_rex Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,834	Power_on is the green wire... I assume you know what colour ground is. __________________ "where the fuk is hes synthol going hes gut how bloated do u wanna be i wouldnt come out on stage looken like that he must be tanked out on beer he looks like homer simpson bodybuilding is about creating a sculpture not a hobit he looks terible any one that questions them selves wether that look good is a crack head!!!! guys like him give the sport a bad name he should retire imeditley..."

7th November 2004, 1:01 PM	#5
outonanisland Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,063	ive successfully done this mod before, take the green and black wires from your secondary psu (google psu hotwiring if your not sure which wires) and then take your primary psu that plugs into your mobo, get a lighter and melt some of the plastic coating off the green and black wires (same wires as before) and splice in the secondary psu black and green wires, tape it all up good and proper, hit the power button on your pc and she should fire up. if it at first it doesnt power up, check that the switch on the back of both psu's is set to on. __________________ www.kittenwar.com Dont blame me if you get nauseous.

7th November 2004, 11:42 AM	#2
Goth They're in the kernel! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 7,908	You need to pull power_on wire on the ATX connector to ground, usually by connecting it into the first PSU