Hello, I had a question I'm hoping someone can help me with here...
Most motherboards come with either a 20 or 24-pin power connector.
I just bought a pc and only thing I saw wrong with it was the power supply being too weak for adding a graphics card, so bought a new power supply to put in, opened the case.
Found it has a 12-pin power connector?
First I thought it was AT, but it says clearly on the board printed next to it...ATX_POWER1.
I would try to add a picture...but I'm unsure how to, but I don't know what to do with this board.
I've tried to look it up through the printed name on the board, Acer Inc., but couldn't find a mobo list. Tried MSI...but the site is down, will try to look tonight just wanted to see if the knowledge base here has ever seen this before.
Motherboard version appears to be MS-7829 v1.1
But the only reference I found for this was a larger mobo with a 24-pin and four graphics card ports, where this one has one graphics port.
The Connector appears to be ATX as it is Molex socketed...(forgive me if I'm misusing the term, but I understand it to be fitted sockets to allow only one way insert)..where AT was not...so what type of connector is it? (Also the mobo has the separate 4-pin 12V socket)
My pc is:
Gateway DX-4885-UR21
i5-4330
If anyone has an idea of what this power socket type is it would be a huge help, I've never seen anything like it before. And if someone can tell me either A: how to upload a picture I can show what the socket looks like, or B can follow a link to imageshack or the like.
Thank you for your time and help!
Airman Howard
Most motherboards come with either a 20 or 24-pin power connector.
I just bought a pc and only thing I saw wrong with it was the power supply being too weak for adding a graphics card, so bought a new power supply to put in, opened the case.
Found it has a 12-pin power connector?
First I thought it was AT, but it says clearly on the board printed next to it...ATX_POWER1.
I would try to add a picture...but I'm unsure how to, but I don't know what to do with this board.
I've tried to look it up through the printed name on the board, Acer Inc., but couldn't find a mobo list. Tried MSI...but the site is down, will try to look tonight just wanted to see if the knowledge base here has ever seen this before.
Motherboard version appears to be MS-7829 v1.1
But the only reference I found for this was a larger mobo with a 24-pin and four graphics card ports, where this one has one graphics port.
The Connector appears to be ATX as it is Molex socketed...(forgive me if I'm misusing the term, but I understand it to be fitted sockets to allow only one way insert)..where AT was not...so what type of connector is it? (Also the mobo has the separate 4-pin 12V socket)
My pc is:
Gateway DX-4885-UR21
i5-4330
If anyone has an idea of what this power socket type is it would be a huge help, I've never seen anything like it before. And if someone can tell me either A: how to upload a picture I can show what the socket looks like, or B can follow a link to imageshack or the like.
Thank you for your time and help!
Airman Howard