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20 pins would suite in 24pins?

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ebuddy4445 Posts 32 Registration date Tuesday August 19, 2008 Status Member Last seen July 2, 2009 - Sep 22, 2008 at 09:12 AM
 Jonah - Sep 22, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Hello,
actually i have a very strange question in my mind.
can anyone tell me whether a 20 pins psu would suite in a 24 pins motherboard?
i guess the answer is no but i have tried one yesterday and it works perfectly there is four pis which are not connected but the computer works perfectly..
so my question is that is there any risk with it that it fries my motherboard or the psu?
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Jonah
Sep 22, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Been using 20 pin PSUs in 24 pin sockets for ages now on many builds never found one that spat its dummy because the extra pins were missing, does not make any difference I have noticed but I have not researched the issue other than it works fine.

Maybe I should LOL

hth

Jonah
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Jonah
Sep 22, 2008 at 11:22 AM
OK I checked, the 4 extra pins are to run a PCI Express Video Card on modern motherboards, so if you have a built in video or a card with a 12 socket you do not need the extra 4 pins, no damage will be caused but obviouisly if you stick a PCI express in the mobo it won't work and BIOS won't even know it exists

Jonah
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