PSU Query?

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Eddie said:
I built a system just last week and on the mobo there was a piece of tape
covering 4 of the pins on the mobo that said "remove for 24 pin power cable"
(well, not ver batim but something like that). So I think you COULD use a
20 pin PSU...what's the worst that could happen? No power??
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Dunno. It could also be because there is a general move towards 24 pin
sockets since larger PSUs with 24 pin plugs are now more common. But your
board could also use a 20 pin PSU. The motherboard manual will have the
exact details.

I build a system 2 years ago with a TAGAN 380W PSU, it had 20 pin plug,
but it's bigger 480W brother had a 24 pin plug. That much power was
intended for servers, but now you have youngsters installing graphics cards
for computer games...
 
Christo said:
I have a new hiper 24 pin psu and if you refer to my earlier post you will
see that i am having problems,

I have a question, would it at all be possible to plug an old 20-pin ATX
PSU into a motherboard that has a 24-pin ATX connector? just for testing
purposes? not for full time use, or is this too dangerous to the rest of
the system?

Any advice greatly appareciated, thanks in advance

Christo
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Problem solved, thanks for all the replies apart from the cockety sarcastic
people who didnt want to help but wanted to slate me for not doing things
the way they like... selfish bastards
 
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