wow that came out better then i thought it was, i though it was gonna be a smaller plastic box and not attached like it is. nice job +rep.
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wow that came out better then i thought it was, i though it was gonna be a smaller plastic box and not attached like it is. nice job +rep.
Nice! makes a modder's life easier! ;)
I found a cigarette lighter I got for free last year some time. I was digging through a box of goodies and found it again, so I thought it's power switch style suited this mod so I chucked it in.
:eek: what??? Even if I don't understand waht you're saying, you made a great job on that. If I can find mine, I'll show you, but I'm moving so everything (exept this comp) is packed. Really nice touch to paint it and power switched it. +repQuote:
Originally Posted by Bucko
I was given that blue car cigarette lighter last year and promptly lost it when I threw it in a box of electrical bits and pieces.
I happened to come across it while looking for something else.
It is supposed to resemble a power cut off switch like you would see in a race car, but I wouldn't ever have it in the dashboard of my car. To cheap and tacky. However it kinda suits the power supply.
I like it, would be handy to have around for sure!
I've got an old ATX 230W PSU which came with my old case. I want to do something like what you did but the only cables I want are the molex ones for testing water cooling loops, fans etc. The power supply has a switch at the back but how will i go about getting the power supply to turn on with out being plugged into the motherboard?
You need to hook up the green wire that's in the 20 pin motherboard plug, and earth it to a black wire. I did that through the switch on the side and ran the green and a black wire up to it as my PSU has no switch on the back.
If yours has a switch, then the green and black can be attached together permanently and just use the switch on the back to power it up and turn it off.
Here's a link to a tutorial on it: http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/196/1
It shows you which wires to join.
Thanks, that's a great help. Also when I snip off the extra cables I don't need do I need to do anything with the exposed wire stubs or is it safe to leave them how they are?
