[vox-tech] PC power supplies

[Peter Jay Salzman]

jeff figured it out.   one of the pins in the motherboard connector
needs to be grounded (the "on/off switch").

power supply is being used to power a 68HC11EVB board.  we got the board
to boot tonight, so all is well.  :)

pete


begin Steven Peck <speck@blkmtn.org> 
> I don't it would be applicable to all power supplies.
> 
> As I do with all incomplete questions... Why do you ask?
> 
> -sp
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org
> [mailto:vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org] 
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] PC power supplies
> 
> I once thought I killed the power supply on a system, but it recovered
> sometime later.  I still don't know what happened exactly, but I think
> it
> was some sort of a protection circuit.  Couldn't tell you if it exists
> on
> all power supplies.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 
> > do pc power supplies have an automatic kill circuit to not let the
> power
> > supply on when it's not loaded?
> >
> > if so, is this a feature of all power supplies or some power supplies?
> >
> > pete
> 
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