[ale] multiple PS's in one PC?

[Christopher Bergeron]

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Should I at least tie the grounds together so they have a common???

Thanks for the tip!
- -CB



David Corbin wrote:

| I'm not a EE (I dropped that for ICS), but I think the right strategy 
is to use one ot power half the drive, and one to power the other half 
and the motherboard.  The two should NOT be connected to one another in 
any direct way.  (They'll obviously be connected via the power-cords 
plugged into a common power source, and arguably through the hard drive 
bus interfaces, but I don't see any problems.)
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| Remember never let the smoke out of the chip!
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| David
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| Christopher Bergeron wrote:
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|> Ok, what weekend wouldn't be complete without me asking some 
off-the-wall question?  Here's my latest quandry:  I have a PC thats 
acting as a fileserver.  I have about 6-8 hard disks in it, but alas, my 
power supply will only let me connect about 5 devices.  So, I'm sitting 
here looking at an AT power supply that's just collecting dust, and I'm 
wondering if I can connect it to some of the drives, connect the grounds 
together, and connect the +5 and +12 lines to each other corresponding 
line on the other power supply.
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|> Are there any EE's out there that can tell me the consequences of 
doing this? Can this work, or am I going to find myself in a mist of 
magic computer smoke?
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|> Thanks again...!
|> - -CB
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