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mahmood   05-11-2008 at 07:14:14 PM

Hi,
I want to know It is possible to drive more than one motherboards with current PSU? I mean with a typical power supply that I have in my home system.

Thanks,

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B-Unit   05-11-2008 at 07:31:02 PM
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No. There is a primary 24 pin connector that is needed to run a motherboard and a standard power supply only comes with one of these.

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mahmood   05-11-2008 at 08:02:35 PM
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So is there any special power supply for this purpose or it is completely impossible?

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jueston   05-11-2008 at 08:10:29 PM
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i think it would be possible as long as you were willing to splice each wire and attach another 24 pin connector. there might be a problem with one motherboard being able to shut off the power to both motherboards when it shuts down, but i think it would work, and then of course if you had a lot of drives or big videocards, you wouldn't have enough power and it would be unstable.

so its possible, but it would be a lot of work, and power supplies aren't that expensive, just buy a new one...

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sabot00   05-11-2008 at 08:31:44 PM
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get a 1000W one.

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B-Unit   05-11-2008 at 08:52:38 PM
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Perhaps a better question is why would you want to do such a thing?

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Slobogob   05-11-2008 at 09:18:23 PM
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B-Unit wrote :

Perhaps a better question is why would you want to do such a thing?


He is probably trying to mount two motherboards in one case.

Getting room for the motherboard isn't the big issue. Usually the 2nd PSU eats too much space.

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mahmood   05-12-2008 at 07:43:28 AM
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Slobogob wrote :

He is probably trying to mount two motherboards in one case.



Yes.

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itsbmw   05-17-2008 at 05:54:24 AM
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jaibot. That thing is a beast. Have fun paying power for that! But I guess I do have a 400 watt PSU & 550 watt & 700 & 350 running. Plus 2 laptop chargers on all the time. 5 monitors. Xbox as media server(on about 10-16 hours a day and 6 routers/switches. My parents hate me :) and Air conditioning over 3400 square feet and cooling the basement.


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