computer won't power up
Madison Kelly
linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 22 20:54:29 UTC 2009
Madison Kelly wrote:
> Unplug everything from the PSU except say an optical drive (or an old
> hard drive you don't care about). This is because the PSU needs a load.
> Next, find pin 13 on the main header; This is usually the sole green
> wire, often a smaller gage then the rest. Short this to ground. Now flip
> the switch on the back of the PSU to connect the mains and see if it
> powers up. If it does, your problem is not the PSU. If it doesn't, the
> PSU is dead.
>
> Pin 13 is the Power Good Line, this is normally shorted to ground by the
> system board/CPU when the initial ripple in line voltage has settled to
> protect the rest of the devices from damage. Hence why you don't want
> anything sensitive plugged in while doing this test.
>
> Madi
Looks like I meant pin 14. :(
http://pinouts.ru/Power/atxpower_pinout.shtml
Madi
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