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Unread 10-18-2004, 03:13 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Caeberos
... With a litttle creativity you can get all the voltages you need off an ATX supply....
...but not necessarily the power: the negative voltage lines are usually rated for 1 amp only.

Also, you'd have to have a load higher up for any of this to work. i.e. the 7 volt trick requires that you have a load on the +5 volt line, because current isn't allowed to flow back into a PSU on any other line than Ground: most PSUs will simply shut down.
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