Replacining Internal Power Supply PCB on Korg Kronos X

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average_male
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Post by average_male »

You mean this picture, right?
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/498 ... 34f4_b.jpg

I don't recall the specifics, but do recall mapping the special purpose wires (PS_OK, 5VSB, etc.) to their designated existing wires on the Kronos and these wire colors may not be the same on the Kronos vs power supply. Not sure if that helps or if the spec sheet for the power supply I used will help:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/523 ... 6ba6_h.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/523 ... 204f_h.jpg

Did you do anything different for routing the Kronos' main voltage lines to the power supply?
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Post by BlackForest »

Yeah, that's the picture am talking about. See, am just trying to get my PSU working some day. So, trying to follow up all possible traces of what I may be doing wrong. I thought all the colours are standardised in PSUs, and I still think so. That's why my questioning. OK, but case closed now with regards to the colours.
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Post by average_male »

If you get a chance to revisit your setup, it may be a good idea the focus on the “PS_ON” ATX line, specifically looking at the motherboard header pin and connector/PCB, as that is what actually turns on the motherboard . Sounds like this isn’t getting connected correctly and power may not be getting switched on the motherboard because of this.

Also I recall adding a wiring to an existing power line coming out of the PSU, that is, doubling up or splicing in two wires for a single output pin. So I used one of these to split out one pin into two lines:

https://www.moddiy.com/product_images/n ... 2_zoom.jpg

I don't recall which pin, but best I can remember it was a red wire (+5V), but could be wrong. This was needed to supply something on the Kronos.
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