Question I'm getting 4 beeps and 4 red lights with a new PSU on an HP Z220 SFF Workstation ?

[Oogaboogaaa]

Hi , i've got a new graphics card that requires more wattage than my current small form factor 240w PSU, and i've been wanting to get a new PSU but my motherboard :
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0-MAAOSwNoxkBut4/s-l1600.webp
does have a 24-pin but instead it has a 6-pin and a small 6-pin.

I plugged a different 280 watt PSU to test the adapter cable I got:
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005006464766409.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2fra
and I was getting 4 beeps and 4 red lights continuously for a while.
Then the beeps stop but all the fans start spinning for a sec then turn off.

I would appreciate any help concerining the meaning of the 4 beeps and 4 red lights on the motherboard.

Thanks in advance !

 

[Oogaboogaaa]

Until it blows. Mars is one of the most garbage PSU brands.

i mean i just have some old gen componnents i would use it for like 2 - 3 more years

 

[Oogaboogaaa]

and like my budget isn't helping me

 

[bignastyid]

how

Poor or non existent protections along with dirty power delivery/ripple can damage anything the PSU powers. A cheaply made PSU can end up being very expensive.

 

[Oogaboogaaa]

Poor or non existent protections along with dirty power delivery/ripple can damage anything the PSU powers. A cheaply made PSU can end up being very expensive.

i mean would it at least work , Please i need to know :>

 

[bignastyid]

i mean would it at least work , Please i need to know :>

It would require an adapter as the HP Z220 motherboard uses a proprietary 12vo connection and where that junk PSU is group regulated using it on a 12vo board would be very inadvisable.

 

[Oogaboogaaa]

It would require an adapter as the HP Z220 motherboard uses a proprietary 12vo connection and where that junk PSU is group regulated using it on a 12vo board would be very inadvisable.

im pretty sure there is no 500+ watt psu designed expecially for hp Z220 mobo thingies , and i have the adapter

 

[bignastyid]

im pretty sure there is no 500+ watt psu designed expecially for hp Z220 mobo thingies , and i have the adapter

You need a DC-DC unit as their power rails are independently regulated so use on a 12vo board is fine.

 

[stonecarver]

You need a DC-DC unit as their power rails are independently regulated so use on a 12vo board is fine.

bignastyid are we both thinking the same something like this is his solution for that pin #6 5 volts boosted to 12 volts?​

https://www.temu.com/xl6019-5a-high...PGhfFIo2&_x_src=mail&_x_sid=floor_list_1_FL_1

 

[bignastyid]

bignastyid are we both thinking the same solution something like this is his solution for that pin #6 5 volts boosted to 12 volts?​

https://www.temu.com/xl6019-5a-high...PGhfFIo2&_x_src=mail&_x_sid=floor_list_1_FL_1

Nope. More like a PSU with LLC topology.

 

[Joseph_138]

You can find the manual just by googling the name: HP Z220

As for your problem, i don't know what help i can offer. You swapped PSUs on a prebuilt and it's clearly not happy with the new one.

Given that SFF power supplies are very expensive and that your HP is more than a decade old, wouldn't it make more sense to spend ~$500 on a new PC and stick whichever GPU you were planning on using into that? Or running just with the iGPU until you get some money for a $200-400 GPU?

I guess if you're going with donated parts, it's not expensive at all but it's not going to be easy to get much performance out of a HP Z220.
Your biggest enemy will be compatibility! I know from experience how annoying it can be to land a old cheap GPU that actually works with an Ivy era Intel motherboard, even a retail one.

This would be my solution. You can buy a decently equipped Ryzen 5 3600 gaming PC on eBay for $500, and it will be a real gaming PC. The days of converting old office PCs to gaming PCs are over. It costs too much, and you end up with a less powerful system, compared to what you can pick up used.

 

[BrickStation]

You know, you can buy a tower version of the HP Z series that have larger power supplies for less than $150 or at least less than a $500 PC system.

I have two HP Z's SFF office computers and I doubt that you would able to replace the power supply that easily. Power delivery is usually proprietary hardware on these enterprise machines and it's only going to work with the parts it came with.

If you need the whole PC for a low cost, the best option in my opinion is a tower version of the Z220, Z230, or even the Z440. Pretty much all full tower enterprise PC's will have a higher wattage PSU so you don't have to use an HP.

 

[DSzymborski]

and like my budget isn't helping me

And how will your budget look if a junk PSU destroys a key component or two in this awkwardly jury-rigged PC?

Junk PSUs are one of the *most* expensive parts.

 

[beyondlogic]

Hi , i've got a new graphics card that requires more wattage than my current small form factor 240w PSU, and i've been wanting to get a new PSU but my motherboard :
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0-MAAOSwNoxkBut4/s-l1600.webp
does have a 24-pin but instead it has a 6-pin and a small 6-pin.

I plugged a different 280 watt PSU to test the adapter cable I got:
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005006464766409.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2fra
and I was getting 4 beeps and 4 red lights continuously for a while.
Then the beeps stop but all the fans start spinning for a sec then turn off.

I would appreciate any help concerining the meaning of the 4 beeps and 4 red lights on the motherboard.

Thanks in advance !

honestly dont even go there these adapters rarely work and if they do work there bypassing some protections.

its very likely that the board is dead or cpu.