Timeline for Power supply for just IDE hardrives and fans
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| Sep 2, 2016 at 14:43 | comment | added | Moab | I used those Y cables for years back in the ide days, never gave me a moments problem in hundreds of PC's. You are trying to do it the hard way. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 5:26 | answer | added | sawdust | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 4:32 | comment | added | Drazil | i am starting to gather that i came to the wrong outlet to ask this question... i guess i judged past questions on this site wrongly. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 4:25 | comment | added | barlop | and if you want to have fun or if you don't then get a usb-ide adaptor with a power brick, and get , here's the extra fun part, an energy/power monitor.. like i.imgur.com/Ilbtc89.jpg and see how many amps and watts whatever device uses. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 4:20 | comment | added | Drazil | the adapters i got we $2 each and didn't come with a power brick. what i want to know if i cut the 24 pin and take the wires of yellow 2 blacks and a red and create more 4pins to power the hard drives, would it work. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 4:18 | comment | added | barlop | You shoudl clarify your question.. Since USB-IDE adaptors come with a power brick to power a hard drive, so you wouldn't need to power it with your PSU | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 3:57 | comment | added | Drazil | that is good to know, but in concept would what i originally do work? | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 3:53 | comment | added | cybernard | No it wouldn't put that much strain on the wires. The hard drives are max 2A so you even if you powered 4 on each run its only 8A max. You should be able to draw 10-12A from each separate run from the power supply. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 3:40 | comment | added | Drazil | wouldn't adding those cause a little much strain on the wires? also i would prefer to not buy more stuff, this is mainly a fun thing to do to use what i have. since my other parts are coming in tomorrow, i don't want to wait for more parts. i have 10 power supplies so i am in no shortness of plugs to add to the wire harness. i got a couple power supplies under 200 watts that i can get the switch and plugs from. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 3:19 | answer | added | Blackbeagle | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 2:10 | comment | added | Moab | I would just use a Y splitter(s) on the molex power cables... amazon.com/Computer-Molex-Power-Supply-Splitter/dp/B001PI9AAC | |
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| Sep 2, 2016 at 1:51 | history | asked | Drazil | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
