Is it possible (and safe/reliable/non-damaging) to use a 20-pin ATX PSU with a 24-pin ATX motherboar
- by Legooolas
I have a reasonably-decent old 20-pin PSU which I want to use on a newer 24-pin ATX motherboard.
I see that the
ATX page on wikipedia
mentions that 24-pin ATX is backward-compatible, and I can find 20-to-24 pin adapters to buy for a couple of dollars/pounds at lots of places, but I can't find any mention of restrictions on the use of these.
Will this work on any motherboard, or is it a per-motherboard compatibility question?
Are there any other restrictions like the level of power available (and hence the additional 4 pins with +12, +5 and +3.3V lines which are already on other pins)?