Stupid Power Supply Question

[RHD]

Hi,

I am building a new computer, IS7 - 2.4C ...its been a while.

I have a brand new P4 power supply with the main power connector and the seperate 4 prong plug.

My old PSU doesn't have the 4 pronger.

My question is:

Do I plug BOTH power connectors into the mother board?

Sounds stupid but I wouldn't want to burn the fricken thing up before it even booted.

TIA

-RHD

 

[colinco]

In article <beifk8$6ma0$>, RHD wrote...

Hi,

I am building a new computer, IS7 - 2.4C ...its been a while.

I have a brand new P4 power supply with the main power connector and the seperate 4 prong plug.

My old PSU doesn't have the 4 pronger.

My question is:

Do I plug BOTH power connectors into the mother board?
...

Yes - the 4 pronger is just extra 12v leads to share some of the load. More leads = less volt drop.

 

[TomG]

newer Intel based boards will not even boot without the 4 pin Aux power connector enabled.

 

[John Lewis]

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:29:14 -0600, "RHD" wrote:

Hi,

I am building a new computer, IS7 - 2.4C ...its been a while.

I have a brand new P4 power supply with the main power connector and the seperate 4 prong plug.

My old PSU doesn't have the 4 pronger.

My question is:

Do I plug BOTH power connectors into the mother board?

YES !!

And put the old power-supply in a garage-sale or use
as a door-stop !

John Lewis

Sounds stupid but I wouldn't want to burn the fricken thing up before it even booted.

TIA

-RHD