gordesky1 Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 ok i got my 2nd powersuppy runing buy putting a paper clip in the green and black slot. but when i hook my video card 9800 dongle too it instead of the main one. my main psu some how read lower on my motherboard software. than when i hook it back too my main one it reads like normal. why does it do this? shoudint it be reading higher because the video aint on the main one? Link to post Share on other sites
gordesky1 Posted March 20, 2005 Author Share Posted March 20, 2005 i was reading somewere. that said its not good runing the video card on the 2nd psu. because its plug in too the motherboard too than gets power too the main psu too is this true? Link to post Share on other sites
shogan191 Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Hey gordesky, I've never done what you're doing but I'd sure check with someone who has before I go plugging in two powersupplies. Sounds a little dangerous to me. Might be a chance of shorting the whole works out. Link to post Share on other sites
gordesky1 Posted March 20, 2005 Author Share Posted March 20, 2005 right now i just got my fans and my lights in. i put my video card back in the main psu. should i just use it for lights and fans>? Link to post Share on other sites
pgcrooks Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 I don't see any problem using it for lights and fans, and probably even water cooling if ya have it since they are not connected ot the main PSU in anyway. I wouldn't ues it for the gfx card because it gets some volts from the AGP bus and I wouldn't like the idea of 2 PSUs going into one card... Link to post Share on other sites
Cheesehead Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 I would say get abit more load on it than just a couple of fans / lights. Power suiplys are built to run under load so I would say maybe put your opticals on there too. Also, use abit of insulated wire instead of a paper clip!!!! Thats just my opinion, Ive never used two either Link to post Share on other sites
Web Police Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 I have always used a paper clip with electrical tape over it, works fine. They make adapters that plug into the 20 pin molex on the power supply too. They simply short the green and one of the black leads which allows your psu to turn on. As far as the VGA card I would leave it plugged into the main psu and use the secondary for the lights, fan etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Revivalist Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Well, it looks like this is what Lec666 has, right? But I guess his case is made for it. . . http://pcpitstop.ibforums.com/index.php?sh...ndpost&p=873737 Link to post Share on other sites
gordesky1 Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 so far its runing fine thanks for the help guys one more thing if i hook up my cdrom drive and hdds and a drive. will it be safe and will not hurt it? Link to post Share on other sites
lec666 Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 well the case wasnt made for it,it just had enough room for my modding project.the second psu and rad are modded into it(in the link you'll see a pink paperclip jumping it at that time but i do have the antec spliced into the second, pin #14(green) and pin #15(black). the main psu(antec 550W) powers the mb,gpu,hd's i diddnt want any conflicts the second(300W) powers cd,dvd,2 x 120mm case fans,fan controller 12v water pump and 2 cold cathodes.there will be more things added as i continue to mod the case but will be added to 2nd psu Link to post Share on other sites
LordMordred Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 If I were you i would fork out $20 or so to get a Dual PSU controller cable. its WAY safer than the paper clip and that means the drives you want to power off the second PSU will start with the system and not on constantly (or having to use the PSU switch) Link to post Share on other sites
AdamMAXIS Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Look for pictures of my computer in the pc pic thread. I am running two PSUs, but I only have fans, lights, cd drives and 1 hard drive hooked up to it. I also suggest buying the cable. It isn't really safe and it doesn't really make sense to do it your way. Something could go wrong and you could short out something. Link to post Share on other sites
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