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4 pin to 3 pin female
Name: The Eagle Date: September 19, 2006 at 09:12:39 Pacific OS: XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: 3200XP - 1024 DDR Product: 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.
Name: ham30 Date: September 19, 2006 at 10:30:57 Pacific
Reply:
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
Reply:
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
Name: The Eagle Date: September 19, 2006 at 22:53:22 Pacific
Reply:
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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