schematic for an aopen atx z400 08f 350 watt power supply. I need to be sure of my connections (I'm not sure of at least two outputs) to my non-Aopen motherboard. I just bought the new tower and there are some adaptions I need to make. Obviously, I can't make any mistakes and the info provided really doesn't answer my questions. Thank you, [email protected]
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ATX Motherboards and power supplys are standard the connections are the same however there are now 2 types an 20 pin and a 24 pin varient - the extra 4 pins supply extra power to the power hungrey motherboards needed for morder dual core processors and graphics cards - you can use a 20 pin connector on a 24 pin board but don't overload it with graphics and pwerful proccessor or it will fail, alternatively go toyou local PC hardware store or internet supplier and purchase a new PSU to the same spec as the board - your manual will tell you the minimum spec you should need. - it all depends on the combination of processor memory, grachics other bus cards (audio NIC etc) and how many peripherals (HDD's and CD/DVD/Blue ray you have in the unit if you worried look at the specs for each unit you have in your PC - add the wattage together and then ad at least 25% for overhead if your current PSU is with spec then just carry on - it is not advisable to go around and try and rewire a PSU not for the £20 it costs to replace it