help me to wire up my pc.

[famas]

hello all

ive bought a new case and psu for my ageing AGP system, on my old psu the main power connector to the mother board had 20 pins, the new psu has 24. do i need a converter or can i just plug it in and have the 4 remaining pins hanging out. Also if i can do this which pins are not inserted the top four or the bottom four, with the clip to the right?

i've also bought a new dvd rewriter, it was OEM so came with no wires of instructions. there are lots of connections on the back, i've pluged in the 4 pin power molex, but what other connectors do i need, is it the same as a HHD using just one wide connector (dont know what they are called)

thanks

 

[james.miller]

the extra 4 pins should clip off from that atx connector

 

[Teaf]

Or if they don't clip off you can just plug in the 24 pin ATX connector with 4 pins hanging over the side of the connector.

Regaring the DVD Writer - in addition to the power cable you will also need a data cable. This will either be an IDE cable or a SATA cable, so get whichever is relevant for your DVD writer (check the connector on the back of it) and plug it into the writer and the motherboard.

 

[famas]

thanks for your help guys, the 4 extra pins do not come off so i will have to leave them hanging over the edge. does it matter what 4 dont connect?

also on the dvd re writer i've now got a power cable and an IDE cable running to it, do i need any thing else or is that it?

better go try turning it on soon, hope it all still works

thanks again.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

thanks for your help guys, the 4 extra pins do not come off so i will have to leave them hanging over the edge. does it matter what 4 dont connect?

It should only fit in one way. If it seems like it's not fitting, try a different configuration.

also on the dvd re writer i've now got a power cable and an IDE cable running to it, do i need any thing else or is that it?

Nope, that's all you need.

 

[famas]

update, turns out the atx connector did split, did'nt notice at a glance.

booted up and every thing seems ok, tried burning a cd and all seems well, nice a quick too.

just got to install my new graphics card and im done, will leave that for another day tho.

thanks for your help guys.