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PIN Compatability ?

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justadude

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Hey all. I recently bought an old Albatron KX18D-ProII. Right now I have a old pos Dell Dimension 8200 (with the 533mhz fsb). I read on the dell forums that dell made funky proprietarily pinned psu's that could/would fry a mobo not made by dell (i couldn't verify this anywhere, if anyone knows anything different please lmk!)

So, I've been nosing around for a cheap PSU/case to stick the stuff in, and I know that this mobo has a 20 pin connector. Most of the new PSU's however, have either a 24 pin, or a 20+4 pin main mobo connector. Are the 20+4 pin connectors ok for older mobo's, so long as you have room for the extra pins to hang off? Thanks so much in advance for the wisdom!

~justadude
 
justadude said:
Hey all. I recently bought an old Albatron KX18D-ProII. Right now I have a old pos Dell Dimension 8200 (with the 533mhz fsb). I read on the dell forums that dell made funky proprietarily pinned psu's that could/would fry a mobo not made by dell (i couldn't verify this anywhere, if anyone knows anything different please lmk!)
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The 8200 had a standard ATX PSU.

justadude said:
So, I've been nosing around for a cheap PSU/case to stick the stuff in, and I know that this mobo has a 20 pin connector. Most of the new PSU's however, have either a 24 pin, or a 20+4 pin main mobo connector. Are the 20+4 pin connectors ok for older mobo's, so long as you have room for the extra pins to hang off? Thanks so much in advance for the wisdom!
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The extra pins don't just "hang off". That's the point of the 20+4. If you had just a regular 24-pin, then you'd have to have the extra four pins hang off. With the 20+4, you actually have four pins that "breakaway" completely. You can easily tie back the extra four pins.
 
I love your forums, have looked on there a lot while trying to figure all this out. I very much appreciate you taking the time to help me out!
~justadude
 
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