On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 14:35:28 -0800, Daniel C. Sinclair
<daniel.c.sinclair@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> 
> I just bought a Cobalt Qube2 (well actually I got the Gateway
> MicroServer version) off of eBay so I could run NetBSD on it.  It's
> never been used and I got it for only $96 USD!  The only problem is
> that it did not come with a power supply, so I also bought an HP
> F1044B laptop power supply which has the same output.  This of course
> will not plug into the Qube2 so I searched around the internet and
> managed to find and order the correct Kycon KPP-3P connector.
> 
> The problem is that I don't know how to wire the power supply to the
> connector.  There are three pins on the connector, but it looks like
> the Qube2 only uses two of them.  I can't find any indication on the
> motherboard or in any documentation that points to which pin is
> positive and which is negative.
> 
> Could someone here test their power supply with a multimeter and let
> me know the results? Just so there's no miscommunication on which pin
> is which I've put the KPP-3P connector specifications here:
> http://www.victoria.tc.ca/~dcs/kpp.pdf.  Thanks!
> 
> Daniel
> 
> PS: Sorry this post is a bit off-topic but I can't contribute much
> until I get this thing running!
> 

I did it. Check this:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-cobalt/2004/07/18/0000.html

It took me a few minutes to search for it so you're forgiven :)

Andy