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Antec Fusion 430 - PSU

  • 27-05-2008 10:03AM
    #1
    8kvscdpglqnyr4
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    I started building my first PC from scratch last night. The case I'm using is an Antec Fusion 430. It comes with a 430W PSU already installed. I tried plugging the PSU to the mains and switching it on (without any other connection to mobo/HD/DVD). I thought at this point the fan on the PSU should start but it didn't.
    Should the PSU fan have started?

    I'm very new to all this and I thought it might be a good starting point to have a working PSU. I'm going to get my hands on a multi meter this evening to see what's the output from the PSU.


Comments

  • #2
    blackgold>>
    Closed Accounts Posts: 852 ✭✭✭blackgold>>


    No your psu won't start.
    If you want to start it without youer motherboard you need to get a wires and put it into the green wires pin and the other end of the wire into the black wires pin next to it.

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  • #3
    8kvscdpglqnyr4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭8kvscdpglqnyr4


    blackgold>> wrote: »
    No your psu won't start.
    If you want to start it without youer motherboard you need to get a wires and put it into the green wires pin and the other end of the wire into the black wires pin next to it.
    Excellent - thanks for that blackgold.
    I don't really want to start the PSU without being connected to the motherboard, I just thought it might be possible.

    So the PSU should start as when I connect the 24 pin power plug to the motherboard, right?


  • #4
    blackgold>>
    Closed Accounts Posts: 852 ✭✭✭blackgold>>


    The motherboard does the same thing really as that wire pin thinga ma jig does :)
    Your psu will start grand.


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