"Christo" <chris@ no spamming juststuff.co.uk> wrote in message
news:WNWdnR6qsv0puIDYRVnyqQ@bt.com...
>
> "johannes" <johs@siz-nospamming-efitter.com> wrote in message
> news:451D2013.48262324@siz-nospamming-efitter.com...
>>
>>
>> Christo wrote:
>>>
>>> "Christo" <chris@ no spamming juststuff.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:4pCdnQVI2sUMi4HYRVny3g@bt.com...
>>> >I have a new hiper 24 pin psu and if you refer to my earlier post you
>>> >will
>>> >see that i am having problems,
>>> >
>>> > 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?
>>> >
>>> > Any advice greatly appareciated, thanks in advance
>>> >
>>> > Christo
>>> >
>>>
>>> back to the topic please can i have a definative answer..
>>>
>>> can i use a 20-pin psu on a board that requires a 24-pin psu, without
>>> using
>>> an adapter?
>>>
>>> I want to try bare minimum with this psu to rule out board failure
>>>
>>> ie, graphics, mem, cpu, the graphics are pci-e, gf7600gs,
>>>
>>> is this ok or not?
>>>
>>> please give me an answer
>>>
>>> tia
>>>
>>> chris
>>
>> You've got answers already.
>
> so i have, i tried it and guess what, it didnt bloody work
>
> so i tried the hiper psu i was going to return on my old motherboard
> (socket A) and that didnt bloody work, so the way its looking now is the
> motherboard is DOA and the PSU is DOA
>
> unless its something else, i really cant be arsed with it, whatever
> happened to plugging it all up and it just working like it used too
>
> thanks, im done RMA's both mboard and psu ordered replacements
>

If you mean the "little green light" on the MB didn't come
on with power from a known good 20pin PSU connected,
then it is the MB that is not working. Your PSU is probably
still good.

Luck;
Ken