ATX 24 power to mbo 20 pin - aargh!!

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Well I'm some sort of muppet, I have installed the abit mbo in the antec
case and the poxy power supply lead is 24 pin, the mbo is 20 - I can
find plenty of adaptors for the other way round, but not for this.
Anyone got any ideas, I'm in the UK
cheers
 
Well I'm some sort of muppet, I have installed the abit mbo in the antec
case and the poxy power supply lead is 24 pin, the mbo is 20 - I can
find plenty of adaptors for the other way round, but not for this.
Anyone got any ideas, I'm in the UK
cheers
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Just plug it in. You may need to hack it up. The extra 4 pins will
remain unused and the other 20 are a pin for pin match with the old 20
pin standard.
 
Conor said:
Just plug it in. You may need to hack it up. The extra 4 pins will
remain unused and the other 20 are a pin for pin match with the old 20
pin standard.
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well f*ck me, now I really should stick to network jobs. I did as you
said and as I was twisting the power cable about the additional 4 pins
separated from the connector, part of the design to cater for either I
guess. I'm sure the manual makes no mention of it though. Anyway thanks
a lot, it's appreciated :)
simon
 
Simon said:
well f*ck me, now I really should stick to network jobs. I did as you
said and as I was twisting the power cable about the additional 4 pins
separated from the connector, part of the design to cater for either I
guess. I'm sure the manual makes no mention of it though. Anyway
thanks a lot, it's appreciated :)
simon
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you spelled that wrong, there is no * in **** me. as a matter of fact, you
should use the proper phrase "well **** me dead".

end of public service anouncement

hth, hand and gfia
 
Simon said:
Well I'm some sort of muppet, I have installed the abit mbo in the antec
case and the poxy power supply lead is 24 pin, the mbo is 20 - I can
find plenty of adaptors for the other way round, but not for this.
Anyone got any ideas, I'm in the UK
cheers
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I just sent two to a man in Thailand a few months back (bought them from
PCCaseGear.com here in Australia):

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2691.htm

Are you using an Antec Power supply? the extra 4 pins on Antec supplies
unclip. I just added one to my windows system, unclipped the extra 4
pins, and plugged it right into the 20-pin motherboard connector on my
old-ish board.

Ari
 
spodosaurus said:
I just sent two to a man in Thailand a few months back (bought them from
PCCaseGear.com here in Australia):

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2691.htm

Are you using an Antec Power supply? the extra 4 pins on Antec supplies
unclip. I just added one to my windows system, unclipped the extra 4
pins, and plugged it right into the 20-pin motherboard connector on my
old-ish board.

Ari
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Yes, I have since found this out, just to add to my embarassment :)
cheers all
 
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