Hello all,
I recently pulled an old Beige G3 Minitower out of the basement to try to get it up and running again. After dusting it off I powered it up and out popped a non-bootable floppy that I guess had been left in it, and then it booted up into OS9.2 just long enough to give a few errors about the hardware clock and then suddenly all power went off. There was no fan, no lights, no voltage on Pin 9 TRKL. So I pulled the PSU and tried to jump it with the green wire with no effect. I'm assuming the PSU is dead and I will try to replace it with an ATX.
I have an Earthwatts EA-380 new in box which is 150X86X140 mm with a rear fan that I plan to use. I replaced the PRAM battery. I bought a 24 to 20 pin adapter cable which I plan to modify fit the Minitower. I read that I will need to change pins 8 and 18, so I had planned to re-pin the pins 8 and 18 of the 20 pin connector with the orange +3.3 V and black Ground wires from the +4 cable, respectively. The motherboard jumper is already set to PS/2.
I just wanted to check on an active forum whether this is correct for the Minitower, particularly whether pin 8 really needs to be 3.3 V for the Minitower, as there is some conflicting information out there. Is there anything else I would need to do? Anything to watch out for?
Thanks,
Kevin
I recently pulled an old Beige G3 Minitower out of the basement to try to get it up and running again. After dusting it off I powered it up and out popped a non-bootable floppy that I guess had been left in it, and then it booted up into OS9.2 just long enough to give a few errors about the hardware clock and then suddenly all power went off. There was no fan, no lights, no voltage on Pin 9 TRKL. So I pulled the PSU and tried to jump it with the green wire with no effect. I'm assuming the PSU is dead and I will try to replace it with an ATX.
I have an Earthwatts EA-380 new in box which is 150X86X140 mm with a rear fan that I plan to use. I replaced the PRAM battery. I bought a 24 to 20 pin adapter cable which I plan to modify fit the Minitower. I read that I will need to change pins 8 and 18, so I had planned to re-pin the pins 8 and 18 of the 20 pin connector with the orange +3.3 V and black Ground wires from the +4 cable, respectively. The motherboard jumper is already set to PS/2.
I just wanted to check on an active forum whether this is correct for the Minitower, particularly whether pin 8 really needs to be 3.3 V for the Minitower, as there is some conflicting information out there. Is there anything else I would need to do? Anything to watch out for?
Thanks,
Kevin