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AT power supply
The green wire goes to the case someplace to ground it out.
The other four go back in the same way the first four came off. Just guessing, but you do NOT want the black and white wires connected when you turn the switch on. I'm not sure which of the other wires pair with the black or white. "Hughes Patans" wrote in message .. . Hello, I just unplugged a disfinctional AT power supply. I got a new one, and now, i have a problem. There are 5 wires extending out of the power supplyl. There are white, black, blue, brown wires which have a female connector destined to be plugged into the physical switch of the computer. Also, there is a green wire, which has a flat washer-style connector, which i believe is the ground. The physical switch of the computer has 4 male connectors, arranged as follows: ------ -- front face of the computer. | | \ / In what order do i have to plug the 4 color wires? what about the green wire? there doesn't seem to be any connector for it.... on the MOBO maybe? thanks. |
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The other four go back in the same way the first four came off.
That's the thing, i don't remember which order they were in, and also, the new power supply has different colors for the wires.... |
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The green wire can go under any convenient screw/bolt on the
chassis. The black/white are a pair as are the brown/blue. Using an ohmmeter check the switch pins to see what gets shorted together when turned on. I wo8uld assume that the like labeled pins are a pair, but it doesn't hurt to double check. "Hughes Patans" wrote in message .. . Hello, I just unplugged a disfinctional AT power supply. I got a new one, and now, i have a problem. There are 5 wires extending out of the power supplyl. There are white, black, blue, brown wires which have a female connector destined to be plugged into the physical switch of the computer. Also, there is a green wire, which has a flat washer-style connector, which i believe is the ground. The physical switch of the computer has 4 male connectors, arranged as follows: ------ -- front face of the computer. | | \ / In what order do i have to plug the 4 color wires? what about the green wire? there doesn't seem to be any connector for it.... on the MOBO maybe? thanks. |
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Pen wrote:
The green wire can go under any convenient screw/bolt on the chassis. The black/white are a pair as are the brown/blue. Using an ohmmeter check the switch pins to see what gets shorted together when turned on. I wo8uld assume that the like labeled pins are a pair, but it doesn't hurt to double check. This is not correct, or is at least misleading. The BLUE should get shorted to the WHITE when the switch is engaged, and the BROWN should get shorted to the BLACK. There should be a plastic ridge down the center of the switch. Make sure that the BLUE and WHITE wires are on one side of this ridge, and that the BROWN and BLACK wires are on the other side. |
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Good reference site. But it only has the push button switch, not the rocker
type switch some old AT's have. I connected a few switches wrong blowing the breaker. I was going on my experience but some switches are different. Best way is to confirm the switch with an ohmmeter as to which pins are a pair. "Wheat Muncher" wrote in message ... in artical Hughes Patans enlightened us all with these words of wisdom: The other four go back in the same way the first four came off. That's the thing, i don't remember which order they were in, and also, the new power supply has different colors for the wires.... This should help. http://home.fuse.net/Walts_Place/powersupplyconn.htm |
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in artical . ca rcm
enlightened us all with these words of wisdom: I connected a few switches wrong blowing the breaker. I was going on my experience but some switches are different. I know, I always get paranoid haveing try to reconnect them to a different switch. I try to keep them the same if I have to switch them (ie: rocker to rocker and button to button). Best way is to confirm the switch with an ohmmeter as to which pins are a pair. Agreed. |
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"Pen" wrote in message t...
The black/white are a pair as are the brown/blue. Using an ohmmeter check the switch pins to see what gets shorted together when turned on. So you're supposed to short the black & white together and the brown & blue together? That's the impression you give, even though you didn't mean it. Hughes Patans: The power comes in on the black & white wires and goes out the brown and blue wires. The switch has to be wired for this, and if you look at the switch from the front, that is, down its long end, you'll want to connect the black and brown wires on the right and the white and blue wires on the left. |
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Manny wrote:
The black/white are a pair as are the brown/blue. Using an ohmmeter check the switch pins to see what gets shorted together when turned on. So you're supposed to short the black & white together and the brown & blue together? That's the impression you give, even though you didn't mean it. Gawd, I hope he didn't mean it! |
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