oneSorcerer
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I've been troubleshooting a rig for a while now, thinking that either the cpu or the motherboard was toast. Then out of sheer luck I had it hooked up without any gpu or drives to a smaller PSU (450w) and the thing boots. I was able to use a second smaller psu (500w) to verify this. It is literally only the 8pin eps 12v rail on my 800w psu that is bad. Unfortunately the two other psu's aren't big enough to run the system with the gpu and all the drives and fans.
I ordered an adapter to take the 4pin and a molex to 8pin, which should work, but it's going to be a week before I get it.
My question is can I, temporarily, sit one of those smaller psus behind the case, and just use its 8pin for that 12v cpu connection? I know I would have to jumper that psu's 24-pin to get it to run, or perhaps leave it plugged in to one of the little Ultra psu testers I have with the lights.
Would this work? How monumentally stupid of an idea is it? LOL
Thanks gang, either way >.<
I ordered an adapter to take the 4pin and a molex to 8pin, which should work, but it's going to be a week before I get it.
My question is can I, temporarily, sit one of those smaller psus behind the case, and just use its 8pin for that 12v cpu connection? I know I would have to jumper that psu's 24-pin to get it to run, or perhaps leave it plugged in to one of the little Ultra psu testers I have with the lights.
Would this work? How monumentally stupid of an idea is it? LOL
Thanks gang, either way >.<