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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Two Power Supplies but only one motherboard plugin

Posted: 1/6/2006 3:53:24 PM EDT

My case has the space for dual power supplies.

I would like to add more hard drives that would run off the second.

How do I make it work? Is there a special wiring hookup I have to get?

Posted: 1/6/2006 4:43:29 PM EDT

[#1]

you have to hotwire it you can wire a switch using these pins

ETA: there may be a dongle for dual psu's but i wouldnt know where to find one.

Posted: 1/6/2006 6:24:13 PM EDT

[#2]

sounds like a waste of wattage to me since even the lowest wattage PS will have more than enough for a few drives
if it was me I'd just get a higher capacity single PSU

Posted: 1/6/2006 9:27:42 PM EDT

[#3]

Thanks for all the help. I did some more research based on what everyone said, then had a brainstorm and searched the closet. I found that a cable like the one on this page came with the tower, but alas it's not right for the newer type of motherboard I have. I guess I can splice it into the other PSU's cables to get it to work, but I'll look for a compatible cable first, since I don't need this asap.

www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=faq&ftype=1&xs=1&serial=106

Posted: 1/7/2006 3:02:37 AM EDT

[#4]

Just use one good powerful PSU, rather than running two. Much easier to do and much more stable.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Two Power Supplies but only one motherboard plugin

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