Ok first off i'd like to say i'm not too tech savy so bear with me.
I'm trying to piece a system together with the following components
Athlon64 X2 3800+ on socket 939 (Toledo core)
OCZ Vindicator CPU cooler
Asus A8N-SLI SE socket 939 motherboard with nForce4SLI chipset
ATI x1900 512 crossfire edition card (using a single card stand alone)
1gb of ram
2x hard drives
(all known to be working other 100% not sure about power supply)
Power supply is IN WIN IP-P460Q3-2 460W ATX12V V2.2
same one as below but none retail model, same specs and connectors etc however.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817374001
So heres my problem, Mobo has 24 pin connector... Power supply has 20pin +4 pin connector I plug everything in, theres a green light lit on the motherboard... hit the power button and all it does is move the fans for a second then nothing. Everything is hooked up at this point so I try to disconnect the hard drives but keep the PCI-E plugged in and give it another go, same results. I don't remember but I think I tried with the PCI-E unplugged with the same results.
So I thought it was maybe the Inwin power supply is bad so I try out a very old power supply I had sitting around... 300-350W Cool master (if I remember correctly) It also had a 20pin +4 pin connector no PCI-E connector however. I plug it into the mobo, and voila everything fires up.
I retest the Inwin power supply on an older AMD 3000+ system with a 20 pin and the older system fires up no problem with the Inwin. It seems like the Inwin works for the 20 pin... however when used with the +4 pin for my 24pin Asus mobo it doesn't seem to work?
Am I missing something? noob overlooking something?
Does the Inwin have a problem with the 4 pin connector? do I need to replace this Inwin psu?
Also upon examination the Inwin's 20 pin connector is missing a pin like inwin pictures below theres no wire going into that pin
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/17-374-001-15.jpg
The coolmaster (that worked) didn't have this missing pin and had a white wire going into this pin
Not sure what it means but i'm trying to get as many details as possible
Thanks ahead of time
I'm trying to piece a system together with the following components
Athlon64 X2 3800+ on socket 939 (Toledo core)
OCZ Vindicator CPU cooler
Asus A8N-SLI SE socket 939 motherboard with nForce4SLI chipset
ATI x1900 512 crossfire edition card (using a single card stand alone)
1gb of ram
2x hard drives
(all known to be working other 100% not sure about power supply)
Power supply is IN WIN IP-P460Q3-2 460W ATX12V V2.2
same one as below but none retail model, same specs and connectors etc however.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817374001
So heres my problem, Mobo has 24 pin connector... Power supply has 20pin +4 pin connector I plug everything in, theres a green light lit on the motherboard... hit the power button and all it does is move the fans for a second then nothing. Everything is hooked up at this point so I try to disconnect the hard drives but keep the PCI-E plugged in and give it another go, same results. I don't remember but I think I tried with the PCI-E unplugged with the same results.
So I thought it was maybe the Inwin power supply is bad so I try out a very old power supply I had sitting around... 300-350W Cool master (if I remember correctly) It also had a 20pin +4 pin connector no PCI-E connector however. I plug it into the mobo, and voila everything fires up.
I retest the Inwin power supply on an older AMD 3000+ system with a 20 pin and the older system fires up no problem with the Inwin. It seems like the Inwin works for the 20 pin... however when used with the +4 pin for my 24pin Asus mobo it doesn't seem to work?
Am I missing something? noob overlooking something?
Does the Inwin have a problem with the 4 pin connector? do I need to replace this Inwin psu?
Also upon examination the Inwin's 20 pin connector is missing a pin like inwin pictures below theres no wire going into that pin
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/17-374-001-15.jpg
The coolmaster (that worked) didn't have this missing pin and had a white wire going into this pin
Not sure what it means but i'm trying to get as many details as possible
Thanks ahead of time