silly question reguarding mobos
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i have always used motherboards with apporpriate power supplys, so im just curious if i can use a 20 pin psu on a board that has a 4 pin adapter connection.
i have 2 powersupplies laying around and the smaller one is a 20 pin and wanted to stick with it scince it will fit into a small form factor case
i have 2 powersupplies laying around and the smaller one is a 20 pin and wanted to stick with it scince it will fit into a small form factor case
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
If you're asking about whether you can use a 20-pin power supply on a 24-pin motherboard, the answer is no, not easily.FatylPCs wrote:i have always used motherboards with apporpriate power supplys, so im just curious if i can use a 20 pin psu on a board that has a 4 pin adapter connection.
i have 2 powersupplies laying around and the smaller one is a 20 pin and wanted to stick with it scince it will fit into a small form factor case
However, if you wanted, you could make an adapter that fills in the extra four pins with the appropriate voltages.
20-pin ATX pinout -and-
24-pin ATX pinout
If you're asking about the little four pin adapter that plugs in somewhere near the CPU, iirc that one is just +12v and ground. You can use an extra Molex plug for that one.
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
It may actually work without an adapter, depending on the video card you have installed. Some motherboards even come with a cap over the extra 4 pins. If it works (with or without an adapter), I'm not sure how long it will last if you have a nice video card, because I don't know of any decent high wattage modern power supplies that only have a 20 pin connector.
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well i know that a 24 pin powersupply wont work, but im using this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813500045" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and was curious as to usin a stander 20 pin PSU will work with it or if i have to use the 4 adapter (the 12v connection that sits next to the CPU)
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
I see what you mean now. It only needs that extra separate 4 pin connector. That board doesn't draw much power, so it should be fine. I can't guarantee if the PSU will still be good in a few years, but I don't see why it won't work. You do need that separate 4 pin connector, though. The CPU requires the extra power from the 12V rail to function properly.
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hmm... should i make an adapter from the ground and 12v off of my PSU?
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
You could make one, but one made specifically for it might be better. The pinout can easily be found online if you want it.FatylPCs wrote:hmm... should i make an adapter from the ground and 12v off of my PSU?
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
well in answer to neverminds question, im not running a vid card at all - just using the onboard vid
and i'll be looking for pin outs tonight just in case
and i'll be looking for pin outs tonight just in case
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
Yes, you have to use the 12v connection that sits next to the CPU. It's the #1 thing that's happened to me and a few of my friends when building our PCs - we forgot to plug in this connector and it won't boot. (ketchup, squintus, and a few others that aren't on benheck all said they wouldn't forget this, yet we all did )FatylPCs wrote:well i know that a 24 pin powersupply wont work, but im using this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813500045" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and was curious as to usin a stander 20 pin PSU will work with it or if i have to use the 4 adapter (the 12v connection that sits next to the CPU)
Here's an adapter from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/CablesToBuy-Power ... _4?ie=UTF8
For $5 + shipping, I wouldn't bother making your own.
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yeah... learned that one the hard way... looks like imma use a big ugly one till i can get mine in from new egg lol - can any one recomend a budget pc status monitor kinda like the one on the Doom3 case mod?
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
You can mod a PSOne screen to accept VGA. That's a really commonly-used screen in custom PCs. (well and everywhere really)FatylPCs wrote:yeah... learned that one the hard way... looks like imma use a big ugly one till i can get mine in from new egg lol - can any one recomend a budget pc status monitor kinda like the one on the Doom3 case mod?
That's an awesome case mod btw.
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Re: silly question reguarding mobos
is there something smaller prahaps i can use? im stuffing a media center into an old xbox shelljdmlight wrote:You can mod a PSOne screen to accept VGA. That's a really commonly-used screen in custom PCs. (well and everywhere really)FatylPCs wrote:yeah... learned that one the hard way... looks like imma use a big ugly one till i can get mine in from new egg lol - can any one recomend a budget pc status monitor kinda like the one on the Doom3 case mod?
yeah i found it online a few months back and loved the LCD on it BUT its a tad out of price range atm lolThat's an awesome case mod btw.