Additional Power Supply

[hakkikt]

Hi

I need some extra power in my case. I have a 1.4GHz athlon,
a NoiseControl Silverado CPU cooler fan, 3 HD,1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-ROM.
My power unit is 300W, but it's not enough.
I can't even think of adding some extra fans to the case.

Does anyone know how to add a second power supply to
a case, without risk of burning/damaging something?

In my country, Chile, it's difficult to find
400W o 500W power units, but 300W are quite common.

I would be cool if there were a official THG-made
fancy fully documented guide about this.

Regards,
Cesar Andrade


make your questions,
I'm ready to throw an unhandled exception

 

[camieabz]

Does <A HREF="http://www.burningissues.net/how_to/power/psu.htm" target="_new">this</A> help?

<b><font color=blue>~ What do you mean "It isn't working!"...Now where's my sonic screwdriver? ~ </font color=blue></b>

 

[Tutlas]

i did this with an AT switching psu, their great cause they automatically have a manual on/off switch and will work with all fans and stuff, however it is practically IMPOSSIBLE to fit another one in your caseu unless your have a true full tower and even then there might not be room. i had to cram mine into 2 5.25 floppy drive bays which i later took out because i wanted to use more drives.... make sure you can fit a second one in there before u buy it, its a pretty hard task.

 

[svol]

It is really easy, you have to connect two wires with eachother and two other wires with another PSU. On this pic you can see which wires you need to attach:
<A HREF="http://www.waterkoeling.nl/files/voeding.gif" target="_new">http://www.waterkoeling.nl/files/voeding.gif</A>.

<b>THGC:</b> before: :frown: , after: .