[clue-tech] I just bought a motherboard, CPU and memory and something is DOA

[AGSCalabrese]

I bought a power supply at MicroCenter and now the CPU/MB/RAM combo is  
working.
The supply has a 20 pin connector, a snap to the 20 4 pin connector  
and a 12V 4 pin connector.
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> On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Dennis J Perkins wrote:
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> On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 19:33 -0700, Chris Tubutis wrote:
>>> The motherboard doc says it is okay to use a 20 pin connector  
>>> power supply.
>>> Gus
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>> That may be true. However, I'll bet you still need the other 4 pins  
>> powered
>> properly, whether that be from a single (24-pin) connector or  
>> otherwise, e.g.
>> 20 + 4.
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>> My guess is that you're not supplying power to the CPU (which is what
>> I'm supposing the other 4 pins do, smth like brown & yellow wires).
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> I'm not entirely sure if he needs to use all of the pins on the 24-pin
> connector.  The manual does say it is compatible with power supplies
> that supply 2x10 and 2x12 connectors.  I had a power supply that
> provided a separate 4-pin connector to plug into the remaining pins  
> but
> I don't know if that is necessary in his case.
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> The 12V connector that plugs into a socket between the CPU and the IO
> ports is necessary, however.
>
> If he still has problems on Saturday, he should come to the  
> installfest
> and I can look at it.
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