Micronik Busboard woes again!

[Matt_H]

This defies all laws of electronics, but I solved my recent Micronik problems by rotating the internal power connector 360°. It could be a coincidence, but I went from random crashes and power failures every 30 minutes to 24/7 Rock Solid Stability.

I'm not sure if it matters when you power the system through the trapdoor, but Micronik towers without busboards shipped with "Power-In Adaptors" that plug into the 1200 motherboard power socket. I still have mine connected, maybe one of those would help?

[Matt_H]

NO! Do NOT power the busboard and the motherboard simultaneously!! Well, maybe you can, but the systems were not designed with that solution in mind.

I'm trying to picture the internal workings of the Micronik case. It's possible to use the internal power supply to power the machine without a busboard. There's a connector towards the back near the keyboard interface... There must be some other power-type leads there... I'll crack open the case a little later to check.

Also, don't worry about bolting things. Mine's merely plugged together.

Are you using a custom power supply? Maybe if you could track down a Micronik original. It's officially a Fortron/Source SPI-200G. Only 200W though.