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Kratt
November 26th, 2006, 21:27
I turned on my hardware monitor for my motherboard. It immediately told me that my minus 12 V line was out of range,. Its limit was between -11 and minus 13 V, but the current value was -13.1 V

pirate2 is this going to cause a problem with my system? My power supply is about five years oldoldman2 , it hasn't been used in the last three years. But I don't want to update by powersupply until I ge a new motherboard and CPU as welll
mvteens
November 27th, 2006, 21:47
i think it wud work. but it might present complications later on. so i recommend that you upgrade ur power supply now. if u upgrade it now u wont have to upgrade in the near future. cos new power supply systems wont come out in the near future.

Chears
Kratt
November 27th, 2006, 23:37
I'm not very familiar with power supply connector types, but I thought that the new motherboards use a different connector for them powersupply. mine is an old ATX for the days of Athlon 1700 and DDR266 RAM.

I thought that the new systems use power supplies with extra pins?
utcrazy
November 30th, 2006, 19:40
I'm pretty sure all power supplies use the same connectors to the mobo.
mvteens
November 30th, 2006, 21:44
I'm pretty sure all power supplies use the same connectors to the mobo.

No, there is a huge difference in the connectors. a pentium 2 power connector for the mother board is different than a pentium 4
Kratt
December 3rd, 2006, 00:31
What connectors are there?
I heard of 'PCIe 6 pin'
sth 4pin, sth 8pin, and the molex/sata stuff
Bruce
December 3rd, 2006, 01:50
ATX 1.0 12V PSUs included:

* 20-pin connector (2x10)
* P4 connector

ATX 1.3 12V PSUs include:

* 20-pin connector (2x10)
* 6-pin AUX
* SATA connector available
* P4 connector

ATX EPS 12V PSUs (server PSU) include:

* 24-pin connector (2x12)
* P4 connector
* 8-pin (2x4) server connector

ATX 2.0 12V PSUs include:

* 24-pin connector (2x12) - needed for PCI-Express
* P4 connector
* SATA connector standard
* 6-pin (2x3) PCI-E connector

ATX 2.2 12V PSUs include:

* 24-pin connector (2x12) - needed for PCI-Express
* P4 connector
* SATA connector standard
* 6-pin (2x3) PCI-E connector
* Updated power efficiency and requirements
http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/faqpsus.html
Kratt
December 4th, 2006, 01:02
Hmm. I saw the 6-pin (2x3) PCI-E connector
But I also saw a 2x2 one, and a 2x4!
maybe that's the server one...
trenzterra
December 8th, 2006, 22:05
My PSU is v2.0 compliant but doesn't come with a PCI-E connector?
Decker
December 8th, 2006, 22:20
How about you say what system :)
Bruce
December 9th, 2006, 11:57
My PSU is v2.0 compliant but doesn't come with a PCI-E connector?
It's not ATX 2.0 compliant then; probably 1.3. ;)