24 pin Motherboard & 20 pin PSU

[pratik03]

I am using motherboard having 24 pin power connector & PCI-e Solt but without graphic card.

2 months before my PSU starts malfunctioning so i replaced it with my older PSU which is 7 Year old & has only 20 pin power connector (I heard somewhere that additional 4pin are used for pci-e gfx card) , & now pc is working fine.

I just want know that is this safe ? or it will damage my motherboard, i am going to install new gfx card & PSU next week.

[pratik03]

seems no one knows secret of extra 4 pins

[dOm1naTOr]

ya, it ll work fine
some of my friends are using A8N VM mobo with 20 pin connector.
But if u gonna use any PCIE 16X cardk, ull need to connect a 24pin PSU.

[topgear]

Man get a new 24 pin smps ASAP

[dOm1naTOr]

Zebronics 400W PSU is a gud buy @ 400 bucks. Better than most others at same price range.

[pratik03]

I am going to replace my older PSU in next week with new one 24Pin PSU & also adding new gfx card.

what i want to know is my mobo in a good condition ? or there is already some damage done in PCI-e section which run on that extra 4 pin power supply, because i am using it with 20 pin psu for more than 2-3 months.

It is very important to know this before buying gfx card

[GeekyBoy]

I'm using a 20 pin psu with an ASUS A8N VM for the past 1.8 years and having no problem whatsoever !

[topgear]

@, pratik03 - I think there shouldn't be any kind of probs