"johannes" <johs@siz-nospamming-efitter.com> wrote in message
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> Christo wrote:
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>> I have a new hiper 24 pin psu and if you refer to my earlier post you
>> will
>> see that i am having problems,
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>> I have a question, would it at all be possible to plug an old 20-pin ATX
>> PSU
>> into a motherboard that has a 24-pin ATX connector? just for testing
>> purposes? not for full time use, or is this too dangerous to the rest of
>> the
>> system?
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>> Any advice greatly appareciated, thanks in advance
>>
>> Christo
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> No not really. The 20 pin connector is a proper subset of the 24 pin, but
> if the motherboard has a 24 pin connector on board, then it's because it
> needs power in the extra 4 pins.

ah so that small glimmer of light was crushed there, anyhow i tried shorting
that didn't work i tried everything everyone suggested and nothing has
worked so i RMA's it an ordered a 480w Antec PSU, hopefully that one will
work, if not then it has got to be a motherboard problem as i have tried

a different chassis/switch
shorting the power pins
a different power cable
different plug sockets around the house

still all get the same response, no standby light on motherboard and nothing
happening when i attempt to power up, i suppose if its the motherboard i
will just have to order a new one of them tomorrow and i will have RMA'd a
perfectly fine PSU, even so, these things happen, I am only amatuer building
for myself and dont really have a lot of electronics kit or experience, PSU
has always been a tender subject for me

thanks for helping me out