Power supply "jumper"

[flibberdipper]

I'm not sure if these exist (and I don't have time to look for one), but I need something where I can manually turn a power supply on with a button or something so that I can use it.

[Askew]

http://aphnetworks.com/tutorials/psu_paperclip_trick

[Jodomcfrodo]

Like a 24 pin jumper? The switch would turn it on and off in this case. 

[PokémonTrainerFour]

I'm not sure if these exist (and I don't have time to look for one), but I need something where I can manually turn a power supply on with a button or something so that I can use it.

 

There's probably a DIY solution but I found this with a quick google http://www.frozencpu.com/psu-173.html

[mgsstar]

Just use a paper clip and connect the green and black wire on the 24pin to "turn on" the power supply.

[Stefano]

You don't need to tape up the powersupply like it is shown in the link, that wire is grounded.

[Aniallation]

I'm not sure if these exist (and I don't have time to look for one), but I need something where I can manually turn a power supply on with a button or something so that I can use it.

Splice into the green wire and a black wire (without cutting them), and put a switch in between them. 

[flibberdipper]

I'm not modifying the PSU or jumping the wires.

[Skander1345]

I'm not modifying the PSU or jumping the wires.

Use a paperclip. Don't modify the PSU for warranty and safety.

[The_Strict_Nein]

Use the paperclip method, then you can turn it off and on using the switch at the back

[Judist]

Paperclip. Super easy.

 

I didn't have a paperclip so I stripped a heavy twist tie. Worked fine.

 

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[flibberdipper]

Use a paperclip. Don't modify the PSU for warranty and safety.

Not doing the paperclip method either. I killed a previous power supply doing that.

[Faa]

Not doing the paperclip method either. I killed a previous power supply doing that.

http://www.frozencpu.com/psu-173.html

 

[Stefano]

Not doing the paperclip method either. I killed a previous power supply doing that.

How did you do that?

 

The paperclip pulls the green wire to ground. It is completely safe, unless you connected the wrong connectors.

[flibberdipper]

How did you do that?

 

The paperclip pulls the green wire to ground. It is completely safe, unless you connected the wrong connectors.

I did the right ones, but apparently it just didn't like me.

[Faa]

I did the right ones, but apparently it just didn't like me.

Yeah happens to me as well, i have to keep the pressure on the clip so it makes contact and if I leave it alone the power supply turns off.

Get yourself this thing:

It's something you just connect to the 24pin cable and will work flawlessly.

[The_Strict_Nein]

I did the right ones, but apparently it just didn't like me.

 

There is no other way to start any power supply I know of without jumping the green and black or having two Antec High Current power supplies and making it so that one turns on with the other.

 

Either try it again (although you've had it go bad once, every person who has ever watercooled on this site has likely used the method before, and seeing as how many watercooled builds there are and none have had a power supply go this way I think it's fairly safe to attempt again) or grab the thing that Faa suggested.