Can ATX power supply apply to other form factor?

Question

As we all know, ATX power supply is supplied to ATX motherboard.

But, besides ATX motherboard, which form factor can also use ATX power supply?

BTW, what power supply does Flex-ATX, DTX, or Mini-ITX form factor use?

Answer 1

I not going to make a promise. One thing we see today, is technology changes all the time. Most MOBOs will use the basic power requirements like 12 VDC, 5 VDC etc. With things being as they are I would always research a MOBO on-line at the Support to learn what it need; Power Supply, Processors, RAM etc. Many times you can learn the Voltages it use. Then I will try to look at Enlarged Images of the Board to see the connectors it have. The Company usually Enlarge and Newegg good about giving various views of the board.
If, the Voltage requirements are the same as ATX then we know the power supply will work. BUT!!!! What are the connectors like?
Take SATA Hard Drives for example; Today most come with two power plugs. One is the old regular plug and the other is a newer type plug, but, both plugs are same voltage. Now if we have an old Power Supply that not have the new power plugs we can still use the old plug for our SATA drive. But, say tomorrow they stop having the old plug on the SATA drive. What can we do if the old plug all we have to power the SATA? We cut off the old plug and wire in the new plug, that simple.
So, with the example we can now know, if we get a MOBO that have different plugs but use the same voltages, we can always change the plugs to make it work. But, to do this it helps to understand Power Supplies. To learn go here;
http://www.motherboards.org/articles/guides/1487_1.html

Answer 2

None if I'm not mistaken. The pins are very different.

Answer 3

a, negative feedback b, generate a reference voltage agains which the output is compared for the feedback c can't do block diagrams. .