24 pin mobo, 20 pin PS

kcrknp · 08-17-2005, 07:54 PM

Is it ok to temporarily use a 20 pin power supply connector on a 24 pin motherboard? I plan on getting an adapter very soon but I want to fire my new CPU up. I'm upgrading from a Celeron 800mhz (old school), to a Sempron 2800+ with Nforce 4 motherboard & PCI-e. The PS is a brand new 500W Aspire, I'm not planning on using the 200w POS that I currently use.
Any comments are welcome.

dhw200 · 08-17-2005, 08:42 PM

Yea, you can run it for a little while, though you definitly need to use the 4 pin box connector, and get the adapter ASAP

kcrknp · 08-17-2005, 09:31 PM

Thanks a lot dhw

dhw200 · 08-18-2005, 06:30 AM

NP

08-17-2005, 07:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
kcrknp Junior Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 53	24 pin mobo, 20 pin PS Is it ok to temporarily use a 20 pin power supply connector on a 24 pin motherboard? I plan on getting an adapter very soon but I want to fire my new CPU up. I'm upgrading from a Celeron 800mhz (old school), to a Sempron 2800+ with Nforce 4 motherboard & PCI-e. The PS is a brand new 500W Aspire, I'm not planning on using the 200w POS that I currently use. Any comments are welcome.

08-17-2005, 08:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
dhw200 Master Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,450	Yea, you can run it for a little while, though you definitly need to use the 4 pin box connector, and get the adapter ASAP __________________ -AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchestor -MSI K8N Neo4-F -Sapphire Radeon X850 XT -2x 1024 Corsair XMS Pro Search tech forums before you post!

08-17-2005, 09:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
kcrknp Junior Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 53	Thanks a lot dhw __________________

08-18-2005, 06:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
dhw200 Master Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,450	NP __________________ -AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchestor -MSI K8N Neo4-F -Sapphire Radeon X850 XT -2x 1024 Corsair XMS Pro Search tech forums before you post!

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