Will this work with a standard ATX PSU?

Clearly the above is 2 separate 6 pin connectors, whereas I would have expected a standard ATX connector.

Anyone know the setup with these Dell boards? Thanks
 
HP/Dell I believe may be using 12V power supplies whcih connect to the motherboard and then 5V + 3V is then split out from the motherboard. Hence whay they use smaller connectors from the PSU to motherboard.
 
Cheers fellas. It’s for a friend who is trying to sort out a machine but I did warn him about the likes of Dell and HP using proprietary parts.

He has a standard ATX PSU coming but seems an adapter is needed now…

I’ve been having a Google here but not entirely sure what I am looking for :D
 
It will be something like this (although you would have more luck knowing the exact model Dell it came out of)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284505137934


As has already been said, recent HP and Dell machines use a 12 Volt only PSU - this connects via one of the 6 pin connectors on the board, the other 6 pin connector then normally has a cable that has the SATA connectors on, as they are fed by VRMs on the motherboard.
 
I came across one of those earlier in the year in a HP Pavilion 590 Desktop machine, as stated above it's a propitiatory (at the moment) system, that uses only 12v and then has the motherboard distribute 5v and 3.3 as required, it is supposed to be the way most will be going.
I did mange to come up with this, which is not fully tested, as I bought a genuine PSU upgrade for it because of size/fitting issues as well in the silly case they used!

HP-PSU-Cabling-Diagram.png
 
Forgot to say, also when researching that PSU cabling, I came across reference to a different "P2" plug wiring (image below) which i was not able to identify (because mine did not have that)

Different-P2-plug-configurations.png
 
ANDARIAL said:
DELL psu:(
con to get you to buy an overpriced substandard psu that only fits their mobo,imho
no other reason to make non standard power connections
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Actually the reason they, HP and others have moved to this is because they have been forced to via power saving initiatives that affect companies of this scale.

By mandating only a 12V rail from the PSU, it's easier for PSU manufacturers to produce an even more efficient PSU than the various 80plus standards (or at least cheaper to get that efficiency), and means that the regulation for the other rails (e.g. 3.3v / 5v) is then provided by the motherboard manufacturer and therefore sized exactly for the devices that can be connected to that motherboard (e.g. really simplified example but if there are only 2 sata ports on the board, the 5v rail will only be sized to power 2 sata devices)
 
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