Very strange and annoying problem with my A500 PSU

[AmigaMance]

Ok.
 I have cut off the plug from the A500 PSU and i'm ready to connect it with the pc one. Sorry if this is a stupid question, but i haven't done it before:
 The cable of the A500 has 4 wires + a shield/ground cable that surrounds the other ones, while the cable from the PC PSU has 4 wires. (Actually it has 2 plugs with 4 wires and 2 plugs with 6 wires!)

 My question is, what do i do with the extra shield wire? Do i just short-circuit it with the ground wire?

[DrDekker]

@AmigaMance,

I've just looked at the connections I've used to hook up to my AT PSU.  Using the wires off the AT's 6-wire plug, connect the following:

AT black(1) - Amiga black (thick wire) (0V/Gnd)

AT black(2) - Insulate, not required

AT yellow - Amiga brown (+12V)

AT red - Amiga red (+5V)

AT blue - Amiga white (-12V)

Amiga shield (black thin wire) - Insulate, not connected.

As far as I know, the shield wire can be connected to the PSU's metal casing - but I haven't bothered to do so and there haven't been any ill effects.

Check this link out - Amiga PSU Guide

[AmigaMance]

 Thanks DrDekker.
 I will leave the shield wire unconnected and maybe try to attach it to the casing later.

[Eclipse]

Weren't the colours sometimes different?

[rkauer]

 Two tips:

 - You can use an ATX PSU instead of AT ones. To power up the PSU simply conect the green wire to GND.

 - Connect the shield cable to GND (black wire) too.