Hi everyone. I recently bought a new computer case and PSU, with the intention of upgrading some other components at a later date.
However, when using my new PSU, I get a "no signal" error in the display. My instinct is that this is an issue to do with power to the motherboard. My old PSU has a 4-pin power cable, whereas the new one has 8, so I split it in half and just used 4. Everything that is running (cpu fan, case fans, HDD) still runs when I unplug this 4-pin power cable, so I guess they make use of the larger power cable?
Just to clarify, it's working fine with the old PSU in the new case.
Specs are:
Motherboard - Gigabyte ga-p35-ds3l
Graphics - Zotac GT630
Old PSU - Casecom ATX 450W
New PSU - Corsair CX750M 750W
Do you need any more info?
What I'd really like to know is whether the community thinks this is a problem with the PSU, or whether plugging half of an 8-pin power connector into a 4-pin motherboard socket can be dodgy? Or.. if I'm barking up totally the wrong tree and there's something else. I've ordered a molex to P4 cable to test whether that works.
Finally, I want to mention that only half of the fans are powering on, but I'm almost certain that's a different issue.
Thanks!!
However, when using my new PSU, I get a "no signal" error in the display. My instinct is that this is an issue to do with power to the motherboard. My old PSU has a 4-pin power cable, whereas the new one has 8, so I split it in half and just used 4. Everything that is running (cpu fan, case fans, HDD) still runs when I unplug this 4-pin power cable, so I guess they make use of the larger power cable?
Just to clarify, it's working fine with the old PSU in the new case.
Specs are:
Motherboard - Gigabyte ga-p35-ds3l
Graphics - Zotac GT630
Old PSU - Casecom ATX 450W
New PSU - Corsair CX750M 750W
Do you need any more info?
What I'd really like to know is whether the community thinks this is a problem with the PSU, or whether plugging half of an 8-pin power connector into a 4-pin motherboard socket can be dodgy? Or.. if I'm barking up totally the wrong tree and there's something else. I've ordered a molex to P4 cable to test whether that works.
Finally, I want to mention that only half of the fans are powering on, but I'm almost certain that's a different issue.
Thanks!!