[BC] The computer Nerds are At it again....

[Fee Lee]

They are probably the new power connectors for the new Serial ATA drives.
                                                 Fee Lee 

Tom Taggart writes: 

>  
> 
> I like the computer cases and power supplies from P.C. power and cooling,  
> have the air and production computers built in these cases. 
> 
> The ops mgr. ( a while back) complained that the power supply fan in the  
> air computer was about to go south.  I couldn't hear anything, but to be  
> on the safe side, I ordered a replacement power supply (supposedly the  
> same model as in the box when I built it two years ago).  Left the boxed  
> supply in the control room where it could be found. 
> 
> Well, the ops mgr was right, the power supply fan died the other night.   
> Part-timer college kid dug out the power supply I ordered, only to find  
> that: 
> 
> 1.  The motherboard connector was entirely different from the one used on  
> my Azus ATX form motherboard.  This was supposed to be an ATX supply of  
> the same capacity as the original.  However, P.C. Power did send an  
> adapter along. 
> 
> 2.  Same number of cable bundles for peripherals coming out of the supply, 
> but now the longest one uses four funky looking 15 pin mini connectors,  
> with a third (orange) wire added to the red and yellow  5+ and 12+ feeds.  
> I assume the orange wire is for 3 volts.  With some stretching and pulling 
> my part-timer was able to hook up all the drives,(CD-RW, two HD's, floppie 
> & external relay board for the automation) but ran out of connectors to  
> run the extra 12 volt fan installed in the case.  The external relay feed  
> (5 volts, was simply a 4 pin standard molex glued into the back of the  
> case in a 9 pin D slot & run back to its mate on the cable bundle.  The  
> new supply didn't have anything long enough to reach, so my parttimer had  
> to improvise.    Now I have to get in there to splice a conventional  
> connectors in place for the fan  & external board. The part-timer doesn't  
> do soldering. 
> 
> These new connectors, which my university computer guru has never seen  
> before, look somewhat like the connector on the base of Motorola cell  
> phones for the charger, etc.  I've never seen one before, there are about  
> 7 or 8 at various places in the bundle.  Not to blame P.C. Power, I am  
> assuming that these new connectors are the latest and greatest idea in  
> computer obsolescence from Far East Manufacturing. 
> 
> The moral of the story (yes, I know, never assume!) is if you've bought a  
> replacement computer supply recently, better open the box up and see what  
> you've got--before one of your boxes dies & you have to scramble. 
> 
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