ATX pin converter

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Gwydion

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Last nite I finally got around to putting my computer together.

One problem....my PSU doesn't have a 24 pin ATX slot, it only has the 20 pin....and it doesn't even have the standard extra 4 pin connector.

So now I have to go running around and hope that Best Buy or Staples has a converter...which I am fairly certain they don't.

Are there any other places in the Lexington Park area that I could check?
 
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Gwydion

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Gwydion

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GWguy said:
I never think of going there anymore. They never seem to have what I need.
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Neither did I. I went to Staples first, where some pimply faced kid told me that they would "probably be in the computer section."

I then went to Best Buy where I asked a roaming salesmen who had to get another salesmen who had to get another salesmen who sent me to their Geeksquad guys who told me that, "You need to buy a new motherboard, yours is not compatible" and irregardless of what I said, he said it was impossible.

Next was Wal-Mart which I browsed their section before asking the lady behind the counter. "Do you have a 20 to 24 pin atx converter?"
"No"
"Can you check your computer?"
pressed about 3 buttons "No"
"Do you have any video cards?" Mind you, the video cards are one row over from where this lady was standing....
"No"
"Can you check your computer?"
presses a few buttons
"No"

i remembered seeing a radio shack around here...so I finally found it.
 
LordStanley

LordStanley

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Gwydion said:
Neither did I. I went to Staples first, where some pimply faced kid told me that they would "probably be in the computer section."

I then went to Best Buy where I asked a roaming salesmen who had to get another salesmen who had to get another salesmen who sent me to their Geeksquad guys who told me that, "You need to buy a new motherboard, yours is not compatible" and irregardless of what I said, he said it was impossible.

Next was Wal-Mart which I browsed their section before asking the lady behind the counter. "Do you have a 20 to 24 pin atx converter?"
"No"
"Can you check your computer?"
pressed about 3 buttons "No"
"Do you have any video cards?" Mind you, the video cards are one row over from where this lady was standing....
"No"
"Can you check your computer?"
presses a few buttons
"No"

i remembered seeing a radio shack around here...so I finally found it.
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so instead of suggesting a different powersupply, (which costs far less) their suggestion was a motherboard.:killingme
 
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Gwydion

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LordStanley said:
so instead of suggesting a different powersupply, (which costs far less) their suggestion was a motherboard.:killingme
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Truth be told, I was expecting them to point me to the $2k laptop and tell me that the only way I would ever have a working computer was to use that one.
 
Floyd2004

Floyd2004

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I have an extra 20-24 converter...

If you dont even have a 24 pin main and a 4 pin for the cpu your PS is out of date.
 
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Gwydion

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Floyd2004 said:
I have an extra 20-24 converter...

If you dont even have a 24 pin main and a 4 pin for the cpu your PS is out of date.
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Yep, my PSU is very much out of date. But that is fine by me, so long as the rest of my components are nice and shiny new. Which they are.

I got everything put together and am working on installing and patching all my games right now. I can't wait!
 
Kerad

Kerad

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Gwydion said:
Radio Shack had it :yay:

Got the cables all connected on my lunch break, so when I get home I will work the BIOS and get my OS installed!:yahoo:
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Radio Shack should consider changing their name. Whenever I think of "Radio Shack", I think of 8-Track tape players...for some reason.

I hardly ever go there for modern technology.
 
Floyd2004

Floyd2004

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Gwydion said:
Yep, my PSU is very much out of date. But that is fine by me, so long as the rest of my components are nice and shiny new. Which they are.

I got everything put together and am working on installing and patching all my games right now. I can't wait!
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Lemme guess its a whopping 200 watts right? :killingme

I might have to get a bigger one. My 700 is almost at its limit.
 
Xaquin44

Xaquin44

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Floyd2004 said:
Every motherboard ive bought in the past 3 years even has needed 24 pin plus atleast the 4 pin CPU.

Just for my mobo now I need a 24 pin a 8 pin for cpu and a 4 pin molex.
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yep same here

I was going to recommend a new PSU because I'd never even heard of that kind of adapter hehe
 
cwo_ghwebb

cwo_ghwebb

No Use for Donk Twits
Xaquin44 said:
yep same here

I was going to recommend a new PSU because I'd never even heard of that kind of adapter hehe
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Xaquin is the SOMD power supply guy! He made a recommendation to me, which I took, and I'm very happy with what I ordered. All shiny, pretty chrome, blue lights and heaven forbid, it actually works very well!
 
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