Am I insane, or can this work?

[Jeff7]

A thought for adding a power supply without too much cost: two power supplies linked together.
I just wonder if it would be possible (and safe) to link two 250W ATX power supplies together in such a fashion that both will be activated/deactivated by the same signal on the motherboard. In other words, can this be done: wire the entire motherboard connectors of both power supplies together, or just figure out which pins are needed to activate the supplies?

Suggestions? I suspect this might not be practical or safe, because it seems no one has done it yet; at least not that I've heard of.

[flash4master]

try this here (http://www.speedy3d.com/articles/case_mod_p3/), or this one here (http://data-detective.com/overclock/power%20supply.htm)

[Jeff7]

Thank you much. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by Jeff7 (edited 08-19-2000).]

[flash4master]

heres another on http://64.27.77.160/ubb/Forum13/HTML/001338.html scroll down some for a better diagram, imo

[skywalker[TSG]]

i did this with 2 300w ATXpowersupplys once

it works great
cheaper than getting a superpowerfull PS

be warned dough
if you are not carefull you might fry your mobo ie pins connected in the wrong way etc...

enjoy