[SLL] Hot-wiring an ATX power supply?

Mike Stunes stunes at MIT.EDU
Fri Jan 18 13:26:12 PST 2008


Seems like I made this work once just by putting in a jumper and leaving 
it. Not sure you need to mimic the push-button behavior at all.

Ralph Sims wrote:
> After some more searching I found a similar reference just before your post
> hit.  However, I left the jumper in place to keep the power supply on all
> the time.  Now the problem is how to mimic or replace the action of the
> momentary contact switch that is normally used to power up the computer.
> Basically I just want to plug this thing in and have it fire up--no power
> switch needed.   Again the BIOS won't support "resume after power off".
>
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>> http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/ATX_Pinout
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>> You want to short pin 14 (PS-ON) with a ground, and then 
>> remove the short and it'll turn on. it's not just a simple 
>> jumper. It's two state changes (short + removal of short).
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