i’ve had these board PCs at work for awhile and never had a chance to work on them. i took them out of the box this week and found that they needed power supplies. i took one from kerri’s old computer and brought it in to work, only to discover that without having the board plugged in to a motherboard, there was no way to turn on the power supply itself. i did a little research and found out that there was a piece of equipment we could use to close the circuit and turn on the power supply. fortunately, we had the equipment in the lab…a paperclip.

i was happy to not have blown up the lab when i plugged the power supply in, and i have since wrapped up the paper clip with electrical tape, just in case.