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Re: Three 7950's dedicated power supply wattage?
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tigerbit
on 27/04/2013, 18:30:01 UTC
I read there is a paperclip trick to get a power supply to turn on without a motherboard.
Be careful here.  Other than the obvious, checking you're shorting the correct pins you need to look at the minimum load specifications for the power supply.  A lot of PSUs specify a minimum load on the other supplies e.g. 5V.  You need to check this out before going any further.  You may find you need to add a few power resistors to generate the minimum loads to ensure proper regulation.