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im installing-up a comp to replace a dead one, and noticed a rather weird port on the back. after a look under the hood i was even more confused.
is this some sort of suicide device?! do tell :)
http://www.eumarketing.biz/what1.jpg
http://www.eumarketing.biz/what2.jpg
do you have a coolermaster Musketeer at all - the have a PCI slot at the back like that for measuring sound pressure or some other useless crap :)
no :confused: and i doubt it ever did, its a K6-2 400. and before i piled some more ram into it it had 32 megs. OLD TECH.
anyone else?
Where do the wires lead ?
Looked like a fanspeed controller to me...
the cable tie is a clue
on the outside it looks like one of the composite things like here:
http://www.ozauctionbroker.com/image...ort_detail.jpg
except its all black and i wouldnt plug anything into it i wouldnt mind seeing goung up in a shower of sparks :surprised:
From the outside I'd say it was an audio jack, but those wires look like they go to the molex power connector?? Could it be for an active subwoofer?
Erm looks like a power connector for a swipe card reader or something. Rather than having a big external psu to drive a serial magstripe reader, pinch power off the computer.
wires are indeed connected to a molex cable. and daverobev thats a good idea, before the format it was running DOS and wouldnt do anything but tell me it couldnt read from COM2 A/R/F?
should have stuck the drive in another comp and ad a snoop. nevermind tho!
Whats the symbol next to it?
Dc
12v
well theres your answer, a 12v out for something, might have been a printer, scanner, speakers, who knows, but it should be safe to remove now you dont need it.
or you could utilise it to its full potential, and actually run a 12V DC electrical device off of it:)
yeah i was gonna say DC output for something, depends how much amps the psu kicks out as to what you could power... some of those compaq PSUs come with a 12v dc output for connecting speakers to :) It also makes them an arse to repair...
Yup, seen old speakers powered that way too. Can't say I've seen it for a good 4+ years at least though.