https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1dZlLSVXXXXataXXXq6xXFXXX8/VAKIND-ATX-24Pin-3-PSU-Power-Supply-Starter-Cord-Motherboard-Adapter-Cable-18AWG-Power-Synchronous-Starter.jpg what on earth is the point of this cable? o.o.O
@Felthry oooh, "synchronous starter"… I bet it's for setups that need multiple PSUs, so mining rigs, the adapter probably breaks out the PSU on pin
@noiob multiple PSUs? isn't that something just in servers?
@Felthry not in the way servers do it (as a failsafe), but having multiple PSUs on at the same time, because running a bunch of graphics cards requires lots of power. That's why I said "mining rigs"
@noiob oh right, because cryptocurrency is a thing
can we make it not a thing please
@Felthry from what I've researched it looks like those jumper cables are COM pins. or a PS-ON pin and a COM pin, or a 5v rail. i am not sure what the purpose of this would be though
@pearshapes someone else has pointed out that the purpose of this appears to be to make multiple power supplies start up at the same time, for powering a ton of gpus for cryptocurrency nonsense
@Felthry ah, definitely ps on pin then. pulsing ps-on presumably tells a connected power supply to start up and supply full power
I'm going to make an uneducated guess for something about servers. That's the power cable to a motherboard right, but only a few ports. So...something where you need more than one motherboard but only one board needs full power. First thought is servers and powering extra RAM.
@Edelwood Someone else pointed out actually that it's probably for getting the PS_ON (the "turn on full power" signal) to multiple PSUs hooked up to a ton of GPUs for cryptocurrency nonsense. Servers have more professional multi-PSU solutions, I imagine
Aha! So I had the right idea but I was backward about it. Multiple PSUs to one board rather than one PSU to multiple boards. Still that cord setup fills me with the same emotion as seeing a a 120 volt power cord that terminates in a USB plug
@Edelwood we've seen one of those, labelled something silly like the computer killer or something
it was horrible
I've heard they have some merit as testing items (making sure hardware is, in fact, protected from power surges from more than just the PSU) and also self-destructing equipment for security's sake
@Edelwood yeah putting 120/240 V AC on a flash drive's USB connector is probably going to destroy it pretty well
some data might still be accessible if you open the thing up and use an atomic force microscope or something but in all likelihood you've destroyed the chip
@Felthry electrical fires?