can i test my new case+fans without a motherbaoard?????

[siddanth3]

hey guys,
well my situation is that i bough a case with a 90$ rebate which i have yet to receive. and i currently dont have a mobo to put it into the case. so the case is just sitting in the basement. i wanna see how the case looks when it lights up and when all the fans start to work. is it possible to do that without a mobo, or would i need a mobo to connect all the stuff for the lights and the fans. i do have a powesupply. i would use my current mob but unfortunately its a btx.
so can i see how the lights and the fans look without getting a mobo, coz i really wanna test the fan out and see that its not broken.
thansks a lot guys

 

[peterhuang913]

hotwire psu:connect the green line to a black ground one

 

[siddanth3]

thnax for the fast reply peter, but i didnt get what u suggested.

 

[peterhuang913]

you wanna turn on the psu without a mobo right:use a paperclip to connect the green and black wire together, on the main mobo wire
Overclockers Hardware - Overclockers Hardware - How To: Test PSU Voltages
DarkVision Hardware - Howto create a test PSU

 

[siddanth3]

you wanna turn on the psu without a mobo right:use a paperclip to connect the green and black wire together, on the main mobo wire
Overclockers Hardware - Overclockers Hardware - How To: Test PSU Voltages
DarkVision Hardware - Howto create a test PSU

maybe, idk, all i wanted to do was to test the case fans and lights to see how they looked.is it possible?? is that the same thing as running my psu without a mobo?

 

[Mike9182]

if the case fans/lights uses 4-pin molex connectors then you can just plug them in and then turn the psu on like PeterHuang913 said. But if they are 3-pin then I am not sure how you would do it.

 

[siddanth3]

oh i c, so if it is a 3pin connector, i think i would need a mobo right? i think so

 

[peterhuang913]

no, use a 3 pin to 4 pin converter