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P4 power supply versus AMD power supply

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Coolgreany

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Sorry if this is posted in wrong section but the case forum is the closest I could find.

My old machine was acting up and I took a chance and replaced the PSU with a 400W PSU that was labeled P-4 (Pentium 4?).

I just upgraded to an AMD-64 3000 combo. Is there something unique about the PSU that would cause me to get an AMD unique one?
 
no

CPUs don't care but some proprietary MoBos (like Dell) have unique connectors and can cause a PSU conflict. As long as you have a mainstream aftermarket board (AMD or Intel) you should be fine.
 
P4 MBs used to require a funky 6 pin aux. connection. At least my Gigabyte GA-8IHXP board did. Only certain PSUs have that. Since you're going the other way, no probs.
 
Thanks. I have an ECS Nforce-3A motherboard and it uses the "old" 20 pin PSU connector. There is also a 4-pin PSU connector that comes from the PSU to the motherboard but it is separate from the 20-pin connect and sits beside the 20-pij and not "in line" with it. Sounds like I'm OK - at least it has been running since last night without any problems.
 
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