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From: Rod Speed on 28 Sep 2006 21:50 Abhishek Srivastava <abhishek.srivastava78(a)gmail.com> wrote > I'm still using a computer that I assembled around 5 yrs back. It has a > 1.4 GHz P4 processor and an Intel 850 GB board. The problem is that > the Power Supply stopped working a few days back. I went to hunt for > it in the hardware stores here and none of them have the obsolete > power supply anymore. > Somebody told me that I can use the same Power Supply Unit > that is being used in the contemporary systems. > > The only problem is that the 850 GB board had to be supplied power > through 3 connectors(One for the board, one for the processor and one > which seems to be or the IDE controllers, pls correct me if I'm wrong). Most likely it has a 20 pin main power connector, a square 4 pin connector that supplys 12V for the cpu, and the older 6 pin aux connector, 6 pins in one linear row. That has extra 3.3V and 5V lines. That last isnt for the IDE controllers. > The latest power supply units have only two power connectors for > the board, and the one for the IDE controllers seems to be missing. Yes, that 6 pin aux power connector isnt used much anymore. > Can I use a new power supply unit for my board? Nope. You can still get power supplys with that 6 pin aux power connector. > Any help will be greatly appreciated as > Intel has stopped supporting my board.
From: Rod Speed on 28 Sep 2006 21:55 Mike T. <noway(a)nohow.not> wrote > Abhishek Srivastava <abhishek.srivastava78(a)gmail.com> wrote >> I'm still using a computer that I assembled around 5 yrs back. It has a 1.4 GHz P4 processor and >> an Intel 850 GB board. The problem is that >> the Power Supply stopped working a few days back. I went to hunt for >> it in the hardware stores here and none of them have the obsolete >> power supply anymore. >> Somebody told me that I can use the same Power Supply Unit that is >> being used in the contemporary systems. >> The only problem is that the 850 GB board had to be supplied power >> through 3 connectors(One for the board, one for the processor and one >> which seems to be or the IDE controllers, pls correct me if I'm >> wrong). The latest power supply units have only two power connectors >> for the board, and the one for the IDE controllers seems to be >> missing. >> Can I use a new power supply unit for my board? >> Any help will be greatly appreciated as Intel has stopped supporting >> my board. > It seems you have four choices: 5 actually. > 1) Search for the exact model number of power supply on ebay. You might be surprised to find a > new one, reasonably priced. No need to get that one exactly, just another that has the 6 pin aux power connector. > 2) If you can find the specs. of the third connector, you could > always cut that connector off of the old power supply, and splice it > onto any new power supply. Power supplies generally supply +12V, +5V or +3.3V. So if you can > find out what voltage is on what cable of the third connector, it should be easy to find a source > of that > voltage (and ground) to tap into, on any current power supply. It would be stupid to go that route, there are still power supplys which have the older 6 pin aux power connector. > 3) Kind of a long-shot, but you might be able to find an adapter to hook up to any current power > supply to give you the 3rd connector you need. > 4) Best suggestion: Nope. The best suggestion is actually 5) buy a power supply which has that 6 pin aux power connector. > Considering the age of the system, it is likely that it won't last much longer, even if you do > happen to get it powered up again. Oh bullshit. > I'd suggest you replace it with a cheap barebone system, one with onboard video if your current > video adapter is too > old to be supported by current mainboards. This might not cost much more than a decent power > supply anyway. More bullshit. > One example follows, just add RAM and move your disk drives into the new case: > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2456829&Sku=G452-2548%20E Lot more expensive than a power supply which has that 6 pin aux power connector.
From: Rod Speed on 28 Sep 2006 21:58 spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote: > Abhishek Srivastava wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm still using a computer that I assembled around 5 yrs back. It >> has a 1.4 GHz P4 processor and an Intel 850 GB board. The problem is that >> the Power Supply stopped working a few days back. I went to hunt for >> it in the hardware stores here and none of them have the obsolete >> power supply anymore. >> >> Somebody told me that I can use the same Power Supply Unit that is >> being used in the contemporary systems. >> >> The only problem is that the 850 GB board had to be supplied power >> through 3 connectors(One for the board, one for the processor and one >> which seems to be or the IDE controllers, pls correct me if I'm >> wrong). The latest power supply units have only two power connectors >> for the board, and the one for the IDE controllers seems to be >> missing. Can I use a new power supply unit for my board? >> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated as Intel has stopped supporting >> my board. > If its a standard ATX board the new ATX power supplies will still work with it. Nope, new ATX supplys usually dont have the 6 pin aux power connector anymore. > They have more wires but the four extra pins on the end should just slide off Some do, plenty dont, and that wont help in his case anyway. > (they do on my Antec PSUs for my VIA chipset based boards). I'm not sure what you mean about a > third plug for the motherboard: ATX only ever had two to my recollection, Nope, you're forgetting about the 6 pin aux power connector. > and not all even had this! The main (long, two rows) one and the four pin add on for some boards > (P4 boards only?). And the 6 pin aux power connector showed up before that 4 pin square connector did. > Each hard disk has its own connection, but these go directly to the disks, not the board.
From: John Doe on 29 Sep 2006 00:28 A hyperactive troll Path: newssvr27.news.prodigy.net!newsdbm04.news.prodigy.com!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed0.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!bolzen.all.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa gmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Subject: Re: Power supply for Intel 850GB motherboard Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:55:26 +1000 Lines: 69 Message-ID: <4o3cogFcr65lU1 individual.net> References: <1159435282.444648.14350 i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <451bcafd$0$97232$892e7fe2 authen.yellow.readfreenews.net> X-Trace: individual.net kFYBRC6cpyD/279VFCRQZQsTEAveSreyolv6aUQiXINUZy6/U= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Xref: prodigy.net alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:475675 Mike T. <noway nohow.not> wrote > Abhishek Srivastava <abhishek.srivastava78 gmail.com> wrote >> I'm still using a computer that I assembled around 5 yrs back. It has a 1.4 GHz P4 processor and >> an Intel 850 GB board. The problem is that >> the Power Supply stopped working a few days back. I went to hunt for >> it in the hardware stores here and none of them have the obsolete >> power supply anymore. >> Somebody told me that I can use the same Power Supply Unit that is >> being used in the contemporary systems. >> The only problem is that the 850 GB board had to be supplied power >> through 3 connectors(One for the board, one for the processor and one >> which seems to be or the IDE controllers, pls correct me if I'm >> wrong). The latest power supply units have only two power connectors >> for the board, and the one for the IDE controllers seems to be >> missing. >> Can I use a new power supply unit for my board? >> Any help will be greatly appreciated as Intel has stopped supporting >> my board. > It seems you have four choices: 5 actually. > 1) Search for the exact model number of power supply on ebay. You might be surprised to find a > new one, reasonably priced. No need to get that one exactly, just another that has the 6 pin aux power connector. > 2) If you can find the specs. of the third connector, you could > always cut that connector off of the old power supply, and splice it > onto any new power supply. Power supplies generally supply +12V, +5V or +3.3V. So if you can > find out what voltage is on what cable of the third connector, it should be easy to find a source > of that > voltage (and ground) to tap into, on any current power supply. It would be stupid to go that route, there are still power supplys which have the older 6 pin aux power connector. > 3) Kind of a long-shot, but you might be able to find an adapter to hook up to any current power > supply to give you the 3rd connector you need. > 4) Best suggestion: Nope. The best suggestion is actually 5) buy a power supply which has that 6 pin aux power connector. > Considering the age of the system, it is likely that it won't last much longer, even if you do > happen to get it powered up again. Oh bullshit. > I'd suggest you replace it with a cheap barebone system, one with onboard video if your current > video adapter is too > old to be supported by current mainboards. This might not cost much more than a decent power > supply anyway. More bullshit. > One example follows, just add RAM and move your disk drives into the new case: > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2456829&Sku=G452-2548%20E Lot more expensive than a power supply which has that 6 pin aux power connector.
From: Rod Speed on 29 Sep 2006 01:41
A terminal fuckwit. John Doe <jdoe(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote: > A hyperactive troll > Mike T. <noway nohow.not> wrote >> Abhishek Srivastava <abhishek.srivastava78 gmail.com> wrote > >>> I'm still using a computer that I assembled around 5 yrs back. It >>> has a 1.4 GHz P4 processor and an Intel 850 GB board. The problem >>> is that >>> the Power Supply stopped working a few days back. I went to hunt for >>> it in the hardware stores here and none of them have the obsolete >>> power supply anymore. > >>> Somebody told me that I can use the same Power Supply Unit that is >>> being used in the contemporary systems. > >>> The only problem is that the 850 GB board had to be supplied power >>> through 3 connectors(One for the board, one for the processor and >>> one >>> which seems to be or the IDE controllers, pls correct me if I'm >>> wrong). The latest power supply units have only two power connectors >>> for the board, and the one for the IDE controllers seems to be >>> missing. > >>> Can I use a new power supply unit for my board? > >>> Any help will be greatly appreciated as Intel has stopped supporting >>> my board. > >> It seems you have four choices: > > 5 actually. > >> 1) Search for the exact model number of power supply on ebay. You >> might be surprised to find a new one, reasonably priced. > > No need to get that one exactly, just another that has the 6 pin aux > power connector. > >> 2) If you can find the specs. of the third connector, you could >> always cut that connector off of the old power supply, and splice it >> onto any new power supply. Power supplies generally supply +12V, >> +5V or +3.3V. So if you can find out what voltage is on what cable >> of the third connector, it should be easy to find a source of that >> voltage (and ground) to tap into, on any current power supply. > > It would be stupid to go that route, there are still power > supplys which have the older 6 pin aux power connector. > >> 3) Kind of a long-shot, but you might be able to find an adapter to >> hook up to any current power supply to give you the 3rd connector >> you need. > >> 4) Best suggestion: > > Nope. The best suggestion is actually 5) buy a power > supply which has that 6 pin aux power connector. > >> Considering the age of the system, it is likely that it won't last >> much longer, even if you do happen to get it powered up again. > > Oh bullshit. > >> I'd suggest you replace it with a cheap barebone system, one with >> onboard video if your current video adapter is too >> old to be supported by current mainboards. This might not cost much >> more than a decent power supply anyway. > > More bullshit. > >> One example follows, just add RAM and move your disk drives into the >> new case: >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2456829&Sku=G452-2548%20E > > Lot more expensive than a power supply which has that 6 pin aux power > connector. |