But be careful of the draw from this wire, It's not designed to pull much current... You don't have any cooling when this is the only thing running either in your PSU, so it is limited, and if you draw too much, the voltage on it drops... and you could bork your PSU... Most ratings are 10mA max... That's not even enough for a good blue LED...
oh. so that thing PC mods.com sells that runs off the WOL pin is bad then? if its running a fan. so no lit up power button.... damn
10 mA is just a SUGGESTION by the manufacturers.. I'm sure you could.. Ya know... Overdraw it a bit, without hurting too much, but I really wouldn't suggest it... (I have used it myself to power a 30ma LED, and had no bad results) Results may vary. edit: Hey, Go for it... I just checked on 5 different power supplies, and only one of them said 10mA, Even the Dell 200W I just removed from a guys old PeeCee says "+5VSB 1.2A" So just check on the PSU itself... It should give the max's for each voltage, What you are looking for is 5VSB...(5Volts stand By)
Haha, I did that yestureday, and my mobo has the WOR header (no WOL ...odd) anyways, my PSU does 2A max on 5VSB hehehe Planning on connecting two 5V led's in parallel to this 5Vsb via switch Mike....
In the ATX12V spec, +5VSB is specified as a minimum 1A, and recommended 2A. Your PSU may/may not conform to this spec though, so caution is recommnded. ATX 2.01 spec requires 800mA available via the WOL connector, so I'm puzzled by the 10 mA rating that Pflumingo cites. http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/FAQs/WOL_FAQ.htm http://www.formfactors.org/developer/specs/atx/atx12vPSDGV1.pdf (p.7)
