btx and atx power supply/mobo question?

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hi

im building my first computer.. sigh
and i ran across a small problem and im not sure what i have to do..

the power supply in the case i bought is a 20 pin power plug..
with a smaller 4 pin plug

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the mother board is a 24 pin plug..
and has the option for either a smaller 4 or 6 pin plug

so i bought a 20 to 24 pin adapter for the main plug..


BUT
when i tried to turn the power on.. nothing happened..
theres no LED lights turning on.. on the motherboard when i connect the power cord
and as far as i can tell.. theres no power reaching the motherboard..

my question is..
do i have to get a 4 to 6 pin plug adapter
for the smaller style plug as well?

or could it just be that they really did sell me
a bad power supply outa the box..

Heres the case

heres the motherboard

i hope i explained that as clearly as i could.. lol

and yes im aware of the semi bad reviews
for the case and the power supply
 
It could be many things....did you connect the switches on the board correctly, usually the text on the sockets should face up. The front panel needs to be connected to the board correctly. I've had wierd issues with connecting the leds. Try just connecting the reset and power switch.

When powering up, you could try hooking up a multimeter or voltage meter to one of the 4 pin drive sockets to see if anything happens.

The molex plug is usually
Yellow-Black-Black-Red

Yellow = +12V
Black = 0 or GND
Black = 0 or GND
Red = +5V

yellow + black should be tested for activity and
red + black shoud be tested.

You could also get a post card(an ISA/PCI card with post build in it..I got mine on ebay) to see what the problem is.

Also, test the board in a different case thats p4 ready(the 4 pin thingy)...

I'm not sure what else to tell you .....
 
shdwsclan said:
It could be many things....did you connect the switches on the board correctly, usually the text on the sockets should face up. The front panel needs to be connected to the board correctly. I've had wierd issues with connecting the leds. Try just connecting the reset and power switch.

When powering up, you could try hooking up a multimeter or voltage meter to one of the 4 pin drive sockets to see if anything happens.

The molex plug is usually
Yellow-Black-Black-Red

Yellow = +12V
Black = 0 or GND
Black = 0 or GND
Red = +5V

yellow + black should be tested for activity and
red + black shoud be tested.

You could also get a post card(an ISA/PCI card with post build in it..I got mine on ebay) to see what the problem is.

Also, test the board in a different case thats p4 ready(the 4 pin thingy)...

I'm not sure what else to tell you .....

i tried moving the front panel pins with the labels face up..
that didnt work..

i tried removing the LED pins..
that didnt work..

I used my voltage metter..
and nothing lit up when i plug around with it in the device plugs..
im assuming thats a good sign that they gave me a bad supply
right outa the box brand new..?

i have a power supply in my good comp thats p4 ready..
but i just hate to screw up my one good workin computer lol


toxicity_27 said:
Don't use the adapter and use the 20 pin plug and the 4 pin plug.

i can't....
 
It could be a dead board, but its hard to believe that from asus.
Do you get any error codes or beeps???

Hmm....
Make sure your ddr is 533 or 667.
Otherwise.....test it with a different power supply.

By the way, that 20 pin plug is also refered to as the backup power connector. My asus mobo uses a 4pin p4, 24pin atx and an optional 20 pin backup(which i have connected).
 
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