spike6
Newbie level 4
I'd like to make my ATX power on behave like an AT. That is, when AC switch on the power strip is turn on the PC will come on and boot without any further ado, like an older AT would if it's power swith was left on.
My idea to make this happen is to wire a capacitor across the PC power push button (I dunno, maybe 100mike, 25v?). This way when the 5v stand-by power appears at the pushbutton the capacitor would send a pulse to the motherboard signalling it to turn on the power supply.
1-Do you think this might work?
2-If so what size cap might be appropriate?
3-Would the cap bleed off through the mother board back circuits during power-off or would it need to be paralleled by a diode & resistor combination to accomplish that?
Thanks for your help.
My idea to make this happen is to wire a capacitor across the PC power push button (I dunno, maybe 100mike, 25v?). This way when the 5v stand-by power appears at the pushbutton the capacitor would send a pulse to the motherboard signalling it to turn on the power supply.
1-Do you think this might work?
2-If so what size cap might be appropriate?
3-Would the cap bleed off through the mother board back circuits during power-off or would it need to be paralleled by a diode & resistor combination to accomplish that?
Thanks for your help.