Timeline for Is using 4-pin connector for 8-pin ATX 12V power connector ok?
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| Aug 30, 2013 at 5:59 | comment | added | Fiasco Labs | One day, the computer gets really flakey and you find wiggling the 4-pin connector brings it back to shambling life. On pulling the plug, you find the pins and sockets oxidized from the heat generated from the poor connection. You then do like my neighbor did. Heat the motherboard solder up, pull the pins. Clip the plug off, strip and stuff the wires through and solder in place. Otherwise you have to figure out how to replace the pins in the board and the sockets in the connector. | |
| Jul 1, 2011 at 10:30 | comment | added | callum | I'm curious, if the 75W from the 4-pin wasn't enough, what would happen? Would it damage the motherboard, or just shut off? | |
| May 27, 2010 at 18:48 | vote | accept | wag2639 | ||
| May 27, 2010 at 18:14 | comment | added | MDMarra | @wag2639 - Got ya. If that's the case, you should be OK from an available power standpoint. Just keep it in mind if there is ever any flakey behavior. | |
| May 27, 2010 at 17:39 | comment | added | wag2639 | thanks. It is a brand new PSU and I have a new 700W PSU lying around also, but it seems overkill for something like this. Its just for my parents to watch SD videos (maybe HD in future). I wasn't even going to add any PCI adapters or additional graphics card. | |
| May 27, 2010 at 15:54 | comment | added | MDMarra | @wag2639 - see my edit | |
| May 27, 2010 at 15:53 | history | edited | MDMarra | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| May 27, 2010 at 15:47 | comment | added | wag2639 | I have a triple core Athlon II, according to newegg, its rated TDP is 95W, but I believe the OCZ PSUs are reputed to be high efficiency (vs some of those crap PSUs that just claim their peak but are usually overrated by 100W) | |
| May 27, 2010 at 15:41 | history | answered | MDMarra | CC BY-SA 2.5 |