Power Supply needed - AOpen D37 Plus-U (Fortress 7700)

[lmartinefc]

Hi All,

I need a power supply for this board, please see link for picture www.mediafire.com/?mbqetwy4qcax7i8

It has a 20 pin standard connector, and a straight 6 pin connector (for SCSI? - if it is then I don't need it).

I tried a standard ATX power supply and no joy...

Manual states it needs and SSI EEB power supply - but these normally have an 8 pin for dual processors - there are no other power connectors on this board (20 pin + 6 pin presumed SCSI).

Board spec :

Dual Pentium 3 Tualatin
DDR RAM
AGP Pro graphics

(I would like to avoid the "might as well get a cheap sandy bridge board and upgrade" comments - I have a socket 2011 on the way with GTX 680 - this is just a vintage computing project I would like to finish and use it for coding)

NOTE : Found during research www.zittware.com/pc133sdram/info/atx2eps.html

 

[Lutfij]

would these fit your needs?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008640%20600029800&IsNodeId=1&name=20%2b4Pin

 

[lmartinefc]

I don't know :/

One other thought. When I connected a 20 pin power supply the mobo lit up, and the RAM (Crucial Tracer) but when I hit power the CPU fans spun for 1/10th second then wen't off. Then the process would not repeat.

Could it be becuase I am using Non-ECC RAM when the board (according to Crucial) needs ECC (unbuffered - which is rare) ?

 

[Lutfij]

i can't find any specs/info on your machine...or mobo. can you help me?
usually server systems use ECC ram while some workstation baords can use either non-ECC or ECC dimms. please replace the dimms and see if it powers up. But you'll need to connect all power connections and then fire it up.

 

[lmartinefc]

The board is an A Open D37 Plus-U, used in a system called a Fortress 7700. Very strange board and the only one I could find with dual tualatin, DDR and AGP Pro (x4). Uses the Via Pro266 chipset (effectively the same as a QDI Advance 12T). The crucial tool finds it (classed as a server solution) :

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Fortress7700&Cat=RAM

 

[Lutfij]

yeah but i can't seem to find it anywhere via Google nor on image search. I searched via the thread title you posted - no go.

Edit: will this help?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/329486-31-build-advice-complete
ftp://ftp.aopen.nl/pub/manual/mb/dx37u/dx37u-ol-e.pdf

just had to be creative to find this via Google
http://www.macproonline.com/Replacement-Power-Supply-for-PowerMac-G4-PCI-or-AGP/PowerMac-G4/Powermac-G4-Parts/Graphite-G4-AGP-Graphics-Tower-Parts-p5636641.html

i suppose its the same thing - which is the same unit used on mac's