My bro in law just got the following board:
ASUS|M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 RT
He has an older model Antec 470 NeoPower (Modular) with only 4 pin connector. He did some research and found out that 4pin will work on 8 pin MB connection......but when he plugged in the wire into the wall, one of the transistors on the MB caught on fire/burned up. I still don't understand how MB would get the power without pressing the power button....kind sounds like Case wires weren't plugged in right, or board was defected.
I've been doing some research and simply told him to get a new PS with ATX12V support, but it seems like it's a hit or miss. I read the stickies and did some searching, looks like some MBs can only run on 4pin and some need 8pin?
PS. He will be running AMD 1090T 6 core
Can he use 4 pin only?
Is there a connector he can buy to convert it to 8 pin?
Or get new PS?
Any comments would be appreciated.
TIA
ASUS|M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 RT
He has an older model Antec 470 NeoPower (Modular) with only 4 pin connector. He did some research and found out that 4pin will work on 8 pin MB connection......but when he plugged in the wire into the wall, one of the transistors on the MB caught on fire/burned up. I still don't understand how MB would get the power without pressing the power button....kind sounds like Case wires weren't plugged in right, or board was defected.
I've been doing some research and simply told him to get a new PS with ATX12V support, but it seems like it's a hit or miss. I read the stickies and did some searching, looks like some MBs can only run on 4pin and some need 8pin?
PS. He will be running AMD 1090T 6 core
Can he use 4 pin only?
Is there a connector he can buy to convert it to 8 pin?
Or get new PS?
Any comments would be appreciated.
TIA
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