Re: Sider power-supply repairs?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> "Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message
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> > I opened a Sider to take a look and realized I have a spare duplicate
> > power supply in my parts cupboard. The only difference is that instead
> > of soldering the wires directly on, they used connectors instead.
> > The power supply is an astec. Not sure of the part number. I just
> > uploaded a pic to
> > http://www3.telus.net/waynes/
> > The pic is called astec_ps.jpg. If this is the same as yours you can
> > have it for the cost of shipping from Canada.
>
> 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?

I know this much. There is a 5v line on the connector that goes into the
motherboard and keeps it live until another line is activated by the wakeup
softswitch. If you tie this line to ground it will think that the switch has
in
fact been activated. I believe I remember pin 13 to 15, but I can't be
quoted
on it as it has been months since I played around with that. I also have the
pinout somewhere here for using an ATX supply to power other devices,
but I can't find it for the life of me at the moment. If I do find it, I
will post
my findings. Until then, Good Luck!

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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