Dual Power Supply

[AJ1982]

I am looking to expand my computer system to include a second power supply, to ensure all planned upgrades have enough power (Extra Video Card, Two extra HDD) and to allow for future expansion

How does a second power supply wor in conjuntion with the master

Is there a joining cable between the two, or do they both need to be powered and started separately. I have a six-pin female blue lead which could be a connection although I am a little hazy to the issue.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Fatz

 

[Karl Blessing]

I had a chart, where you basically just connect two wires between the two PSU, you connect both wire that tells the PSU to turn on together, and you connect both ground, and some other things, I'll have to find the plans for you later. Give me a system spec and let me know, cuz I'm doing just fine with a 300Watt PSU and I have

(pictures of it at

http://www.kb244.com

in the gallery as my "current machine&quot
1Ghtz Tbird
512Meg PC133 7.5ns ECC CAS2 SDrams
(3) HDD (60G ATA/100, 60G ATA/66, and 6.4G)
5XDVD/32Xcdrom
16x10x40 CDrw
Live!Drive
MaxCool Server Tower case (has about 6 fans going, 3 120mm)
Visiontek Geforce3
Soundblaster Live 5.1
a 10/100 Nic

I use a Self-power USB hub for my USB devices, since out of all componets, USB may eat the most energy.

But I've had no problems with a 300Watt Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}