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You've seen other ATX power supply mods here on instructables, but this is my version, a bit less refined but it looks nice and most importantly, it works.
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Signing UpStep 1Cut off those cursed Molex connectors!
Tools: Screwdrivers (phillips)
Drill
Wire Strippers
Needle nose pliers
Linemans Pliers
Electical tape / heat shrink
One LED of the desired color (and a 1/4 ohm resistor if you feel the need)
Scrap wire
Spray paint
Sandpaper
This took me around an hour to complete, a bit longer to document and mess with minor hiccups i encountered.
Well, for the most part if your working with an ATX power supply, it has a 20 pin motherboard connector on it, cut all of your wires about 1 foot long, the brown, gray, and purple wires arent necessary,and can be cut shorter, but do NOT cut the green wire, that will go to our switch.
Drill
Wire Strippers
Needle nose pliers
Linemans Pliers
Electical tape / heat shrink
One LED of the desired color (and a 1/4 ohm resistor if you feel the need)
Scrap wire
Spray paint
Sandpaper
This took me around an hour to complete, a bit longer to document and mess with minor hiccups i encountered.
Well, for the most part if your working with an ATX power supply, it has a 20 pin motherboard connector on it, cut all of your wires about 1 foot long, the brown, gray, and purple wires arent necessary,and can be cut shorter, but do NOT cut the green wire, that will go to our switch.
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Oct 18, 2008. 4:58 PMcarrierpilot1357
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done mine. here's some pics.
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Dec 25, 2009. 8:49 AMdingo27
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those few pics looks better than all in whole article!
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Dec 22, 2007. 4:48 PMgamer
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1/4 ohm resistor? nice project! -gamer
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Aug 13, 2008. 8:50 AMelectronic nut
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1/4 ohm resistor means ,25 percent tolerence of going over the resistor's resisting voltage
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Aug 13, 2008. 10:06 AMgamer
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1/4 ohm resistor, you've got something wrong... That would be 1/4 watt, wouldn't it be? -gamer
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Aug 29, 2009. 4:23 PMdagenius
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no, he's talking about 25%. watt is not tolerence.
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Mar 14, 2009. 4:41 PMN1CK4ND0
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Very nice, unless your power supply already has a built in power switch built in lol :p
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Dec 22, 2007. 5:27 PM
Mr. Rig It
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Mr. Rig It
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Frank, Please allow me to constructively criticize you instructable. First the negatives 1.You have a nice idea here but the title is misleading. 2 You don't tell what the idea/thesis of the project is. It is only a couple steps later that this is identified and a power switch modification to an ATX case. 3. Proper capitalization of the word I (instead of i) would help. 4. Pictures could be a little better, but some pictures are better than none. Now the positives 1. Pretty good documentation of how you did it. 2. Cool idea. 3. Gives you the opportunity to use this same power supply in other Instructables 4. Nice work cleaning up and bundling all of the wires. The project came out nice. Thank you for not taking my observations personally. Good luck and keep'em coming.
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Dec 22, 2007. 3:29 PMGorillazMiko
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good idea! :-)
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