Hi guys, I am just in the planning stage for upgrading my Socket A set-up to something a bit more current (AM2?). I am considering the question of the case - a solidly built Gateway 2000 tower, which I am quite attached to. I notice that most modern ATX cases are rather deeper these days, even...

Just picked up a cheap PIII-933 and Compaq motherboard. No PSU in the case and the mobo takes a 24pin PSU.... Curious if anyone has had any success modding a regular ATX power supply (v1.3 - 20pin) to a 24pin motherboard. Yes the board works with just the 20 pin plugged in, but has basically no...

Does anybody have any ideas on the circuitry on a ATX form card that was used by a number of mobo companies to add PS/2 USB and IR to some AT boards. They were attached to a blanking plate, and had a 20 pin ribbon cable on that attached to the mobo. I have been able to find the pin outs of...

I read that the ATX will soon be replaced by the BTX form factor. Is that true, and if so, how soon is "soon"? Thanks.

I'm looking around for cases that will be used to build Athlon X2 workstations for software development and testing. Here's what I'm looking for, in no particular order: - Good PSU out of the box, preferably supporting SATA and the new 24-pin ATX12V standard - No windows, blinkenlights, or other...

Hi, I'd welcome suggestions for a new mobo which needs to be able to handle: S478 3.0 Ghz Pentium 4 FSB800 SATA HDD Onboard Video & Audio 512MB DDR 400Mh PC3200 RAM Thanks in anticipation for any ideas.

HI I'm having problems with my ASROCK K7S41GX MoBo, when I connect the power cord to the Power Suply unit, the computer proccessor fan turn on, but there is no video. All the cables inside the mobo are disconnected (hd, cd, floppy), only the ones of the frontal panel are connected. The problem...

I've posted to the Asus group, but as there is little traffic there, I might not get a response. ASUS m2v has a power connector with 12 pairs of receptors, as I guess most of the newer boards do. After 2 or three weeks, computer failed to start. Got a replacement PSU from vendor, it worked...

Ok, I'm sure this isn't the first time this has been asked. Just took delivery of my A8N-SLi Deluxe, Athlon64 3500+ (Venice, 1GB DDR400 Using all this to build myself a new system, and I already had a case here ready to use with 400W Power supply. Problem is, the power supply is a 20pin connector...

Hi folks, I recently had to replace my power supply and motherboard. Everything has been fine for about 3 weeks but when i went to turn the machine on yesterday it was 'dead', no power to anything. Took the cover off thinking the PSU had gone again but found the power light on the motherboard was...

I have a machine that has gradually been upgraded, one bit at a time. It started off in 1989 as a 386DX20, and is now an Athlon XP 2600+, having passed through many incarnations along the way. Recently, it has started hanging dead upon disk access, but only during heavy access. Can I assume it is...

how can i fire up an atx PS without using a motherboard? jumping 2 of the 20 pin contacts perhaps.

Hi, My friend asked me to look at his PC which intermittently goes dead and sometimes starts up again. Had a look today and checked the following: power switch OK Mains cable and fuse OK Checked inside supply for poor connections/joints OK Put it back and it started pressed power switch and it...

Okay. On the ATX power supply, what pins on the 20 pin header do I need to hook together to get the power supply to turn on if it is not connected to a motherboard? Is it pin 14 (green wire, power on) and any 3.3 volt pin (orange wire)? Or is it pin 14 (green wire, power on) and any 5 volt pin...

I have a dead system -- LED and fans come on, but no beep, nothing on monitor. Same with all PCI cards removed and everything unplugged from mobo. I suspect the power supply. Can anyone verify that the voltages below are correct for an ATX system. These were taken on the main mobo power...

I pulled an 350w ATX power supply from a discarded computer figuring I could use it as a test bench unit. I've been using a very old 200W unit that has a simple hard wired off/on switch. I plugged it in and jumped the green wire on the 20 pin connector to the black ground but the unit did not come...

Replacing old mb with a new Asus p4sp- mx. Problem is it does not say on the wires from the power switch what is what so I don`t know exactly what wire to put on what pin. There are 6 wires black, red, blue, white, yellow and green. It is a micro atx case and doe not have a reset switch. ...

I was using an secondary ATX PSU on secondary computer which I did not want to throw away cuz it's the latest model with on-off switch despite I knew it's defective with loose wire or some bad soldered connecting inside that I dunno which wire is defective. "USB power outage" message appeared...

Can ATX power supply work when mounted upside down? Its 300W (Chaintech) but with small load (Amiga 2000).

I am rebuilding the guts of my PC and replacing the MB/CPU/Memory. I bought a Biostar GeForce 6100 MB (socket 754), Sempron 3000, and 1 GB of RAM. I removed everything from and case and got the MB, CPU and memory installed. Then when I went to connect the PS I discovered that the PS (Antec...