24 pin atx power ?

eracer2006 · 30 May 2007 at 22:31

are they supposed to have a missing pin ? mine is 20+4 and looks like this

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look at that and invert it 180 degrees and you have mine. (ocz gamestream 600w)

a mates el cheapo one is

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which matches the slot on the motherboard.

could this be my problem ?

I know its the right connector as it says MAIN 24 on it.

apparently -5v and not needed :confused:

sachinbadiani · 30 May 2007 at 22:37

The cosair I got today has exactly what you've got - and it works.

Does your PSU work at the moment.

semi-pro waster · 30 May 2007 at 22:55

The -5v line isn't used on most modern motherboards, a couple in the past few years still appear to require them (possibly MSI although I'm not 100%) but for most it isn't necessary so if it works and is stable I wouldn't worry about it.

theo · 30 May 2007 at 23:39

i noticed the same on my corsair psu which arrived today, thought nothing of it as i was confused as to how to get the extra four pins off (old mobo)

works fine though

edit: pretty sure i remember it being to do with some 'wake on' feature for usb or similar

Rroff · 31 May 2007 at 02:22

weird... my OCZ 600watt GameXstream has the -5v there - I happen to know because on my old motherboard for awhile I used the OCZ DDR Booster which needed it to be there or the onboard diagnostic LED display didn't work...

sachinbadiani · 31 May 2007 at 13:39

theo said:
i noticed the same on my corsair psu which arrived today, thought nothing of it as i was confused as to how to get the extra four pins off (old mobo)

Haha... snap! I also was confused at the same time... with why I only had 20 pins on motherboard. As they say.... READ THE [insert word] MANUAL.