2012-05-12, 13:22
Dougie Fresh I just noticed this 90W PICO is only a 20 PIN VS a 24 PIN.....
Would I have any issues?
"The extra four pins give two extra ground pins and two extra 12 volt supply pins. The extra pins on the motherboard are paralleled with the other existing ground and 12 volt pins, so the motherboard will operate without the four pin plug connected. However the extra pins give extra current carrying capacity (which is particularly important if you have a high power graphics card) giving improved reliability over the longer term. Failure to use the four pin connector can result in the 20 pin connector burning up."
also
http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/674602.aspx
The extra 4 pins are additional 3.3V, 5V, 12V, and ground connections. They shouldn't be necessary with that board unless you try to add a 2nd slot powered video card, but the extra wires wouldn't hurt your voltage regulation.
Is this true....
Anyways.....
I read the manual on my board and it says:
Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if
you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power
supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13
I was just worried a bit that it's an APU and it might need the extra 4 pins....??
Or is it more when you add a PCI GPU?
I just tried the 20 PIN on the 350W ATX PSU and it seems to be running just fine.....
JAJA I forgot that I took off that YELLOW sticker off....
Would I have any issues?
"The extra four pins give two extra ground pins and two extra 12 volt supply pins. The extra pins on the motherboard are paralleled with the other existing ground and 12 volt pins, so the motherboard will operate without the four pin plug connected. However the extra pins give extra current carrying capacity (which is particularly important if you have a high power graphics card) giving improved reliability over the longer term. Failure to use the four pin connector can result in the 20 pin connector burning up."
also
http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/674602.aspx
The extra 4 pins are additional 3.3V, 5V, 12V, and ground connections. They shouldn't be necessary with that board unless you try to add a 2nd slot powered video card, but the extra wires wouldn't hurt your voltage regulation.
Is this true....
Anyways.....
I read the manual on my board and it says:
Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if
you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power
supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13
I was just worried a bit that it's an APU and it might need the extra 4 pins....??
Or is it more when you add a PCI GPU?
I just tried the 20 PIN on the 350W ATX PSU and it seems to be running just fine.....
JAJA I forgot that I took off that YELLOW sticker off....