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| Thread ID: 60326 | 2005-07-28 19:23:00 | 24 pin ->20 pin motherboard | bobnickelson (8621) | Press F1 |
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| 376477 | 2005-07-28 19:23:00 | i just got my motherboard and case in the mail today, and while hooking up the connections i noticed that the psu has a 24 pin connector and my motherboard has a 20 pin... I wasn't sure about it so i searched a little bit and seen psu that the extra 4 pins just come off and someone said that they hooked up the 24 pin to a 20 pin motherboard without an adaptor and it worked. I just want to make sure that it'll work without an adapter because i don't want to fry my board or anything. | bobnickelson (8621) | ||
| 376478 | 2005-07-28 20:26:00 | When I bought my Enermax PSU recently, it had a similar setup. I just unclipped the 4 pins from off the side off the main connector. The PSU also had a seperate 4 pin secondary connector specifically for the mobo. I can't remember what the extra 4 pins are for that attach to the main connector (I think it was for the new AMD chipped motherboards??) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 376479 | 2005-07-28 20:53:00 | The 4 extra pins are 1 Ground and 1 each +12V,+5V,+3.3V. The plugs have several pins of each Voltage to cope with the expected current draw. An individual pin can only cope with about 7 Amps without heating up and melting the plug plastic. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 376480 | 2005-07-28 21:16:00 | You will be fine, the extra four wires are for later model or higher spec mobos. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 376481 | 2005-07-28 22:30:00 | I've done it both ways round - 20pin on 24pin board. 24pin on 20 pin board. Just leave the extra 4 hanging over - they can't touch anything. Works OK. If you are worried though, get a 20 to 24 pin adapter and use that. | pctek (84) | ||
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