30 Apr
1998
30 Apr
'98
3:36 p.m.
OK... by some act of God, when I try to plug in the HDD alone, it spins up,
along with the PSU. Now, when I take EVERYTHING out, that includes drives,
cards, etc. and just give the motherboard power, it doesn't spin up at all.
Yes, the black pins are in the middle, I know I've got a good connection...
could this be the "No power" line thingy? Should a real-XT case work with a
clone-XT motherboard?
Thanks,
Tim D. Hotze
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 3:13 AM
Subject: Re: XT Power Supply help...
> I've gone as far as epoxying a screw upside
down onto the odd "security"
screws
> way back when they started coming out and used a
pliers/visegrips to turn
the
Or filing a nail to make a tool to fit some of the more obscure screws.
If it has a head that stands proud of the surface, and if you don't care
about mangling the screw, then use a hacksaw to cut a slot in it. I got a
pile of AT bits at a radio rally, and that's what had been done to the
screws in the PSU.
> > not to put a nail in the fuseholder, or put unsafe components in the
> > chopper circuit, or whatever.
>
> Uh, penny under the blown screw in fuse, cigarette pack foil around the
blown
AGC
fuse.
Let's do this right now.
It's a well-known fact that to the UK public all fuses are 13A (the
standard/maximum one used in our mains plugs). I've seen said fuses in
all sorts of places that they don't belong.
I've also seen the fuse wrapped in foil - where on earth does that
dangerous trick come from. I can't believe these lusers work it out for
themselves.
-tony