May 14, 2010 11:18
I know about the macpac cables, but they aren't available for several more weeks and I can't wait around for one of them. In fact, the Carnetix instructions are fairly detailed for powering other motherboards, but for the mac mini they only show how to use the macpac cable. I asked Carnetix for advice or instructions on splicing the innards and they said that they had none.
The link to the Kensington adapter notes is very instructive. Those notes conflict with a picture that I found on Flickr. The pic shows the braided shield of the mini cable going to the white isense wire of the power supply. The notes page says that a thin gray wire must be attached to the isense wire for the mac to boot. Oddly, the notes relay this information from Carnetix but I have not been able to get it from them directly.
So what about that braided shield? I see braided shields in other wires and I never know what to do with them. In one place, the multiplexer, I'm supposed to attach the braided shield to the shield (or is it float?) terminal. Should it be attached to ground in other cases?
The link to the Kensington adapter notes is very instructive. Those notes conflict with a picture that I found on Flickr. The pic shows the braided shield of the mini cable going to the white isense wire of the power supply. The notes page says that a thin gray wire must be attached to the isense wire for the mac to boot. Oddly, the notes relay this information from Carnetix but I have not been able to get it from them directly.
So what about that braided shield? I see braided shields in other wires and I never know what to do with them. In one place, the multiplexer, I'm supposed to attach the braided shield to the shield (or is it float?) terminal. Should it be attached to ground in other cases?
Edmund