Multiple PSU's?

[whc.demo]

Is it possible to run more than one PSU into a PC?


ie- use one power supply for hdds and optical drives and use other PSU for everything else like gfx mobo & cpu?


or is it a bit more complicated than that..

 

[francis511]

possible,cant think of a good example though.you use the second one for
gfx cards

 

[i_am_mustang_man]

http://www.sharkacomputers.com/thmiitxdrbay.html
for an itx

or

http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/PurePower/w0099/w0099.asp

they exist, and imo, a good idea

 

[whc.demo]

hey thats pretty cool



but i meant say if i have 3 atx power supplies here, can I plug more than one in at a time?


ie- first atx psu plugged into hdd's dvd & cpu, second atx psu plugged into gfx mobo etc


cheers

 

[ktr]

this case can support two psu...

http://www.coolermaster.com/special_report/stc-t01/stc-t01.htm

and it comes with the adapter to turn on both psu with a single power button.

 

[whc.demo]

nice case, so i guess you can use 2 psu's to power your system, but can they just be ordinary ATX psu's , or do you need some sort of "dual" psu adapter or something...


the reason i ask is my pc needs more power and i have 3 ATX psu's sitting here, if i could plug one into all my hdd's and dvd drives that would solve my problem, but i dont want to plug 2 psu's in at once if its going to cause problems!

 

[Athlon2K15]

yeah u can do that but you will need to short the green wire to ground so it will stay on

 

[whc.demo]

the green wire on the 20 pin connector? and how to go about grounding it?

 

[ktr]

you can use ordinary psu's in that case...

coolermaster included this with the case:

this allow you to fire both psu's at the same time. basically it shorts the two leads that powers on the other psu.

 

[Athlon2K15]

p used a paper clip and shoved it between the green wire and the black next to it

 

[overclocker]

i got my 450watt PS going not conected to eny computer i just found the right 2 wires and put them togeather

 

[whc.demo]

ah ok cool, well guys i need a bit of help trying to find the correct wires so i dont kill myself!


what would happen if i took the green wire out of my 2nd psu's 20 pin connector and attached that to the green wire on the 20 pin connector on my 1st psu, like literaly stuck it in the same connection in the 20 pin connector

understand?

oh and if the psu isnt grounded correctly will it just stop functioning?

thnx