[G4] Acard AEC-6280M Boot

[Richard Klein]

To get an ATX power supply to turn on without hooking it up to a
motherboard you need to short two pins in the motherboard connector,
as in this article:
http://www.dvhardware.net/articles5.html

-- 
Rich

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:36 PM,  <shopdog at mac.com> wrote:
> Doug:
>
> It's been a couple of weeks, but I need to ask you how you powered the
> drives that were sitting outside the chassis.  I have a CoolerMaster
> RS-450-ACLX power supply, which is normally used in a chassis to power all
> system components.  It, of course, has power connectors for hard drives.
>
> I set it up as a stand-alone power supply for two drives that are sitting
> outside the G4 chassis.  Meaning, it's connected only to a power outlet, and
> the two drives.  The two drives are connected to the Acard AEC-6280M card
> via some IDE ribbon cables.  What I don't understand is that when I switch
> the power supply on, it doesn't power on.  It doesn't make any noise, and
> the fan does not start up, and the drives certainly don't get any power.
>  It's as if it's not turned on.
>
> Is there another switch that I have to turn, or does it need to be connected
> to a motherboard, etc.?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> shopdog