I blew my power supply.
it is for a P4.
it has the normal power plug thing in to the mother board.
it doesnt have the extra 4 (2*2) slot power plug into the .
it does have another a plug that goes into the mother board. it looks like the power cord that goes into a 3.5 FDD but bigger and with 5 holes/ 5 pins on the mother board.
understand?
so can I take my spare power supply (which doesnt have the extra 5 power cable) and slice existing power cords (to CD, HDD, whatever) and connect them to the 5 power plug cable thing from the original power supply?
make sense?
2006-08-24 15:31:56 · 11 answers · asked by altomic2001 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Try the supply as is. It should work as long as the good supply is rated at a higher wattage. With the extra 4 pin 12v lines missing there is no guarantee of a stable system at high CPU loads. This should keep you going until you can find a supply with that non standard connector. But then your motherboard may be what fried your supply in the first place. It may be time for a new system.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article28-page3.html
2006-08-24 16:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by biller19 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ur asking can u cut the cords from the one power box and on the other one and put them on the one with 5 u take a chance of fring ur mother board in doing that or starting a fire best just use what is made for it and not make some thing that is not ment to be used in it
2006-08-24 15:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by white_wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure I get what you're trying to get at, but I would just recommend that you buy a brand new power supply rather than try to splice together two different power supplies. You can get halfway good ones for about $50. I'd rather spend $50 than fry my whole computer and have to spend $1000 on a new computer. Just my two cents...
2006-08-24 15:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say you should shell out the money for a new one since you don't want to be messing around with the current and then end up frying your whole computer. Just buy a good power supply that will last for your next computer ;). Enermax, Antec, Thermaltake, etc. I'd go with Antec though.
2006-08-24 15:40:09 · answer #4 · answered by Dan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO
you don;'t know that the wires on teh new power supply had the same voltages as the old one.
you will fry your mother board, I GUARANTEE IT.
Call the manufacturer of your PC and get the correct power supply.
2006-08-24 15:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Listen to Raven
2006-08-24 16:31:43 · answer #6 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able into existing power wires if your output wattage isn't too different. Be careful with the black wires.
Good luck!
Aho,
Fenix
2006-08-24 15:42:36 · answer #7 · answered by Fenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't do that. You already have a bad PS, you don't want to blow the motherboard too.
2006-08-24 15:40:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its so crazy it might just work
2006-08-24 15:38:32 · answer #9 · answered by ineedacar 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cant figure out;;
if your sure then take it...
2006-08-24 16:15:21 · answer #10 · answered by erwin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋