Hello,

I am trying to install a PC164 board into a custom mini-tower case with a
standard ATX power-supply.  After having trouble, I did a Net search and
discovered that the PC164 does not support soft-poweron, and thus doesn't
work with a standard ATX power-supply.  Further, I learned that it can be
made to work by either using a modified power-supply or shorting the PSON
and GND pins of the ATX connector on the mainboard.  This effectively tells
the power-supply that soft-poweron is always on, so the power-supply will
activate at full power.  This is ideal for me because my power-supply has
an override switch on the back.

I tested this theory by using a (plastic-handled!) screwdriver to short
those pins and voila, instant power.  Just to be safe, I measured the
impedence of those pins with an Ohmmeter beforehand. :-)

Anyway, has anyone does this before?  I have a soldering iron and eltronics
solder and am willing to give it a go.  Anyone who has done this and had
problems (or knows of other reasons I should proceed with caution) please
let me know.

Here is the web site I found for reference:
http://www.omnistep.com/~advantag/pwrsup.htm

cheers,
-bp
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