power supply confusion
Ok, I have a brand new PSU, and I am using it to drive an old NF7 mobo.
Of course the mobo wants 20pin + 4 pin. No problem, the PSU has a 20+4 connector.
EXCEPT. The extra 4 pin PSU connector will not fit into the 4 pin socket on the mobo.
There is a 6 pin lead from the PSU, and it will fit in the socket, BUT it looks like the polarity is backward (blacks and yellows on oposite sides?)?
Have I just messed my mind up. Is there a problem here or not?
Of course the mobo wants 20pin + 4 pin. No problem, the PSU has a 20+4 connector.
EXCEPT. The extra 4 pin PSU connector will not fit into the 4 pin socket on the mobo.
There is a 6 pin lead from the PSU, and it will fit in the socket, BUT it looks like the polarity is backward (blacks and yellows on oposite sides?)?
Have I just messed my mind up. Is there a problem here or not?
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I have an old (pre-SATA) is a Thermatake. on the 4 pin connector the two wires on the latch side are Yellow, the other two are Black.
On my new CoolerMaster PSU the six pin conector (that fits into the 4 pin socet on the mobo) has the Balck wires on the latch side and the Yellow wires on the other side.
I am going to the CM because this is my wifes computer and I am trying to make it quieter.
If the 4 pin doesn't fit, that doesn't make sense to me.... I thought they were and always have been standard across the board
tks ed
The confusion was that this PSU has 3 four pin connectors.
One that is the extra for pins for the 24, one that is for something else, and the one that I needed. It was folded under the PSU.
We are now booted and running.
Now I need to figure out how to control the CPU fan speed on an NF7.