Might be Simple, might be impossible, can someone help!

**meth68** · 07-29-2010, 09:53 AM

Hey Guys, I have a M2-ATX running my carpc. I am a computer guy but not good with wiring at all. I had a stereo shop install my audio/video. Well I want to take my pc out of my car and hook it up inside to so some updates and change some maintenance, problem is I have no idea how to do his. I got it pulled from my car but I see there are 3 wires coming from the PSU out of the case

RED
BLACK
YELLOW

I had a friend check it out and from tests he said
black=ground
yellow=power
red=he isnt sure its only a tiny bit of juice coming from the car (is this to keep it in hibernate/sleep mode?)

So now my question is, is that all correct up there, and more important how can I get my pc running indoors? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

**nasa** · 07-29-2010, 10:03 AM

1st off:

Red/Yellow are both *power* in this case 12V. The difference between the two is were the power is coming from. Yellow (if I remember correctly, not at home to check) is from the car battery while Red is from the ignition line. The yellow line provides the *real* power while the red line tells when you have the key in the ignition.

2nd:

You don't mention how you plan to provide power to your computer in the house...

**meth68** · 07-29-2010, 10:06 AM

Is there a way to convert it to a plug just to get it running indoors? Or even run it off a car battery charger pack? I honestly have no idea exactly how to do it, all I am trying to figure out is a way to have it run outside the car for when I need to do some tweaking, fixes, updates that are time consuming.

**nasa** · 07-29-2010, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by nasa

1st off:

Red/Yellow are both *power* in this case 12V. The difference between the two is were the power is coming from. Yellow (if I remember correctly, not at home to check) is from the car battery while Red is from the ignition line. The yellow line provides the *real* power while the red line tells when you have the key in the ignition.

2nd:

You don't mention how you plan to provide power to your computer in the house...

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