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Do I have to remove the Motherboard to install a Power Supply?

 
 
George Hester
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      8th Jun 2005
There are two yellow wires and a black wire which go down from the Power
Supply to a side of the Motherboard and disappear under it between the base
of the box and the Motherboard which it is screwed onto. So I got to lift
the Motherbaord out of its fastening and find where these wires go? And
then I got to get a soldering iron? Thanks.

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      9th Jun 2005
Most unlikely. Soldering a motherboard outside of the manufacturers plant is
only done by skilled people to do specific repairs or minor revisions.
Anyone else is likely to trash the motherboard.

It would be a good idea to tell us what the Make and Model of the mother
board is along with the CPU type & frequency / model name. This will tell
use what the power and connector requirements are.

Off the cuff, I would say that the wires disappearing behind the motherboard
are looped under there to keep them out of the way - that the connector on
the end may not be plugged into anything, just hidden from sight.

2 cents.

- Tim



"George Hester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> There are two yellow wires and a black wire which go down from the Power
> Supply to a side of the Motherboard and disappear under it between the
> base
> of the box and the Motherboard which it is screwed onto. So I got to lift
> the Motherbaord out of its fastening and find where these wires go? And
> then I got to get a soldering iron? Thanks.
>
> --
> George Hester
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William Asher
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      9th Jun 2005
George Hester wrote:

> There are two yellow wires and a black wire which go down from the
> Power Supply to a side of the Motherboard and disappear under it
> between the base of the box and the Motherboard which it is screwed
> onto. So I got to lift the Motherbaord out of its fastening and find
> where these wires go? And then I got to get a soldering iron?
> Thanks.
>
> --
> George Hester
> _______________________________
>


George:

It would really help if you could figure out exactly which ASUS mb you are
working with. My recollection was it was a P97-DS or something or other
but if you could find out for sure, then you could download the manual from
the ASUS website and see if there are any power connections on the
underside of the board. It shouldn't be too difficult for you to figure
out which manual you need since ASUS didn't make all that many dual slot-1
mb's with SCSI controllers. (Personally, I have never seen one that had
connectors on the bottom (but I don't get out much) so I agree with Tim's
suggestion that the wire is tucked back there and not connected to
anything.)

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Tim
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      10th Jun 2005
If its a P2B-DS (dual slot 1 with SCSI) then there are no PSU connectors on
the rear or an earlier dual Pentium Pro class mobo (I forget the model for
the moment, its in the garage that has a CPU daughter card called
something like P65-UP5 or 8 then they don't either.

Go to the asus site www.asus.com.tw and download the manual if you don't
have it at hand. If you can't find the manual, post back & I may have either
a manual or one of those motherboards - the ones I have do not have PSU
connectors on the rear...

So, if the cable is stuck there it will be necessary to pull out the mobo.
Have a good look at the case first, some let you slide out the motherboard
(when all PCI cards are removed sometimes) or flop it out the rear of the
case and that may be enough to untangle it.

Best approach for this is to get the anitstatic mat & wrist strap out, take
off all synthetics (!) , document where everything is plugged in (which PCI
slot etc.), then rip it apart - gently


- Tim


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> George Hester wrote:
>
>> There are two yellow wires and a black wire which go down from the
>> Power Supply to a side of the Motherboard and disappear under it
>> between the base of the box and the Motherboard which it is screwed
>> onto. So I got to lift the Motherbaord out of its fastening and find
>> where these wires go? And then I got to get a soldering iron?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> George Hester
>> _______________________________
>>

>
> George:
>
> It would really help if you could figure out exactly which ASUS mb you are
> working with. My recollection was it was a P97-DS or something or other
> but if you could find out for sure, then you could download the manual
> from
> the ASUS website and see if there are any power connections on the
> underside of the board. It shouldn't be too difficult for you to figure
> out which manual you need since ASUS didn't make all that many dual slot-1
> mb's with SCSI controllers. (Personally, I have never seen one that had
> connectors on the bottom (but I don't get out much) so I agree with Tim's
> suggestion that the wire is tucked back there and not connected to
> anything.)
>
> --
> Bill Asher
>



 
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George Hester
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      10th Jun 2005
The Motherboard slides out. The computer guy said it is like Auxillary
Power plugs for later than PII boards. Mine doesn't have them so it was
just wrapped that way. Don't know why but it was.

It turns out the case is only ASUS. Full-Tower ATX. The board is a Super
Micro PII with onboard UW SCSI. I am trying to find exactly what it is but
that's not so easy. The machine is packed back up again but I am trying to
find it with what I know. Thanks really now I know what P2B-DS stands for
It's just a dual PII with SCSI...2P2B-DS

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> If its a P2B-DS (dual slot 1 with SCSI) then there are no PSU connectors

on
> the rear or an earlier dual Pentium Pro class mobo (I forget the model for
> the moment, its in the garage that has a CPU daughter card called
> something like P65-UP5 or 8 then they don't either.
>
> Go to the asus site www.asus.com.tw and download the manual if you don't
> have it at hand. If you can't find the manual, post back & I may have

either
> a manual or one of those motherboards - the ones I have do not have PSU
> connectors on the rear...
>
> So, if the cable is stuck there it will be necessary to pull out the mobo.
> Have a good look at the case first, some let you slide out the motherboard
> (when all PCI cards are removed sometimes) or flop it out the rear of the
> case and that may be enough to untangle it.
>
> Best approach for this is to get the anitstatic mat & wrist strap out,

take
> off all synthetics (!) , document where everything is plugged in (which

PCI
> slot etc.), then rip it apart - gently
>
>
> - Tim
>
>
> "William Asher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns96706A27D6630FkldeltaC@140.142.12.140...
> > George Hester wrote:
> >
> >> There are two yellow wires and a black wire which go down from the
> >> Power Supply to a side of the Motherboard and disappear under it
> >> between the base of the box and the Motherboard which it is screwed
> >> onto. So I got to lift the Motherbaord out of its fastening and find
> >> where these wires go? And then I got to get a soldering iron?
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> --
> >> George Hester
> >> _______________________________
> >>

> >
> > George:
> >
> > It would really help if you could figure out exactly which ASUS mb you

are
> > working with. My recollection was it was a P97-DS or something or other
> > but if you could find out for sure, then you could download the manual
> > from
> > the ASUS website and see if there are any power connections on the
> > underside of the board. It shouldn't be too difficult for you to figure
> > out which manual you need since ASUS didn't make all that many dual

slot-1
> > mb's with SCSI controllers. (Personally, I have never seen one that had
> > connectors on the bottom (but I don't get out much) so I agree with

Tim's
> > suggestion that the wire is tucked back there and not connected to
> > anything.)
> >
> > --
> > Bill Asher
> >

>
>


 
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William Asher
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      11th Jun 2005
George Hester wrote:

> The Motherboard slides out. The computer guy said it is like
> Auxillary Power plugs for later than PII boards. Mine doesn't have
> them so it was just wrapped that way. Don't know why but it was.
>
> It turns out the case is only ASUS. Full-Tower ATX. The board is a
> Super Micro PII with onboard UW SCSI. I am trying to find exactly
> what it is but that's not so easy. The machine is packed back up
> again but I am trying to find it with what I know. Thanks really now
> I know what P2B-DS stands for It's just a dual PII with SCSI...2P2B-DS
>


Check the P6D series of boards from supermicro to see if you can find the
match for yours. Possible options are: P6DBS, P6DGU, and P6DGS. There
might also be other dual slot-1s they made that had onboard scsi, but the
P6D series were the most common. Nice boards too, I much prefer them over
the Asus boards.

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George Hester
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      11th Jun 2005
Bill I have the exact board from Aida:

Supermicro P6DLE/DLF/DLS/SLA/SLS
Dual Intel Pentium II, 375 MHz (5x75)
Intel 82440LX/EX Chipset
AMI 7/95 BIOS

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> George Hester wrote:
>
> > The Motherboard slides out. The computer guy said it is like
> > Auxillary Power plugs for later than PII boards. Mine doesn't have
> > them so it was just wrapped that way. Don't know why but it was.
> >
> > It turns out the case is only ASUS. Full-Tower ATX. The board is a
> > Super Micro PII with onboard UW SCSI. I am trying to find exactly
> > what it is but that's not so easy. The machine is packed back up
> > again but I am trying to find it with what I know. Thanks really now
> > I know what P2B-DS stands for It's just a dual PII with SCSI...2P2B-DS
> >

>
> Check the P6D series of boards from supermicro to see if you can find the
> match for yours. Possible options are: P6DBS, P6DGU, and P6DGS. There
> might also be other dual slot-1s they made that had onboard scsi, but the
> P6D series were the most common. Nice boards too, I much prefer them over
> the Asus boards.
>
> --
> Bill Asher


 
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      11th Jun 2005
"George Hester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Bill I have the exact board from Aida:
>
> Supermicro P6DLE/DLF/DLS/SLA/SLS
> Dual Intel Pentium II, 375 MHz (5x75)
> Intel 82440LX/EX Chipset
> AMI 7/95 BIOS
>


Wow. An LX board. That is even older than the ones I use. Why *are* you
mucking around with it? Is it just a hobby thing?

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George Hester
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      12th Jun 2005
Because it mucks my files around the Network just fine and didn't muck my
wallet. that's why.

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> "George Hester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> > Bill I have the exact board from Aida:
> >
> > Supermicro P6DLE/DLF/DLS/SLA/SLS
> > Dual Intel Pentium II, 375 MHz (5x75)
> > Intel 82440LX/EX Chipset
> > AMI 7/95 BIOS
> >

>
> Wow. An LX board. That is even older than the ones I use. Why *are* you
> mucking around with it? Is it just a hobby thing?
>
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