Re: Sider power-supply repairs?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>]

Ernest wrote:

> Hey, Wayne
>
> My Sider PS is a Harris brand. If your Power Supply (in the case) has the
> same form factor as my Harris, then I don't see why it wouldn't work.
>
> I ended up buying an small ATX power supply, and I was planning to switch
> the guts of the ATX to the case of my Harris. This should be very easy since
> I know the pin-outs (etc.) of the Harris and ATX. The only problem that I
> see is that the ATX PS is powered on and off by the Motherboard, instead of
> a simple on/off switch. There is a small control card on the PS that has two
> wires labeled (on/off) that I am assuming can be snipped and tied together
> (as a by-pass) so that the PS can be controlled by the ON/OFF switch on the
> case. Can anyone confirm that tying those two control card wires together
> will leave the PS in a constant ON condition?
>
> Thanks.
>
> E.

Maybe I'm typing faster than I'm reading sometimes. The power supply
is the one used in the D2 or D4.

The astec PS card is 3.95 x 6.3 inches
The mounting holes are center to center 3.15 inches and 4.8 inches

Still, if the atx PS is physically a good match then that'd be the
way to go

Wayne