4 pin to 3 pin female

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Name: The Eagle
Date: September 19, 2006 at 09:12:39 Pacific
Subject: 4 pin to 3 pin female
OS: XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: 3200XP - 1024 DDR
Model/Manufacturer: Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2

Comment:

I have just changed my Power Supply Unit, on my old PSU it had a 3 pin male plug from which I plugged in a 3 pin female plug and it displayed the LCD and lit the front of the case up. Unfortunately this new PSU does not have a 3 pin male connector. Apart from the motherboard connectors (24 way only using 20, the SATA and floppy connections all the others are the standard 4 pin connectors. Is there a convertor from 4 pin to 3 pin male; or is there any other way I can connect this please.
many thanks

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Response Number 1

Name: ham30
Date: September 19, 2006 at 10:30:57 Pacific
Subject: 4 pin to 3 pin female

Reply: (edit)

That is a very touchy problem. If I were you I would leave things alone and not experiment with trying to adapt your new power supply to your case.
New PSUs have a 4 pin plug for supplying more power to the motherboard. I don't think it has anything to do with connecting to your case LCD and lights.
I think you should have purchased a PSU identical to the old one.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!

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Response Number 2

Name: The Eagle
Date: September 19, 2006 at 10:52:50 Pacific
Subject: 4 pin to 3 pin female

Reply: (edit)

Sorry I might have misled you or not explained myself very well.
The 4 pin plug I was referring to are the connectors that connect to the CD or DVd player or Hard drive etc.

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Response Number 3

Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: September 19, 2006 at 12:13:35 Pacific
Subject: 4 pin to 3 pin female

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Hi
like this ?
http://www.memorexmodz.com/products...

usually for fan , but check the voltage .

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Response Number 4

Name: The Eagle
Date: September 19, 2006 at 22:53:22 Pacific
Subject: 4 pin to 3 pin female

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Ummmmmmmm not really no.
Looking at the picture what I need is a 3 pin male MOLEX connector and at the other end a 4 pin male MOLEX connector to plug into the existing MOLEX connectors that are attached to the power unit.
So I guess its a converter from 4 pin MOLEX to 3 pin male MOLEX

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