Will Dell's PSU work on Msi motherboard?

[Blurry]

My friend has a two year old black Dell and he wants to upgrade the mobo since it doesn't have an AGP slot. I heard that Dell Psus will fry any motherboard other than their own. Is that true? Thanks

 

[Schadenfroh]

probably not, dell like their proprietary technology

 

[ScrapSilicon]

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Will Dell's PSU work on Msi motherboard?

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
probably not, dell like their proprietary technology

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[Carbonadium4]

no it depends, some dell uses normal atx power now, your best bet, support.dell.com goto product manual, tech data and the'll be pin out.. being its black, its probably the dimension 2100 ? or 2400

 

[chilled]

Dells have a different connector on the mobo and PSU - like an upside down regular one. I think you can get cheap adaptors though which do the trick.

Any guys wanna point to a store in the US?

 

[Carbonadium4]

ATX Pin Reference
http://www.thetechzone.com/reviews/powersupply/enermax450/page3.shtml

Dell Dimension 2100 = NO
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2100/techovu.htm

Pin 1 is alerady different 3.3V vs 5V

Dell Dimension 2300 = YES
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2300/techov.htm#1101565
Pin Matches Exactly

Dell Dimension 2400 = Maybe
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2400/en/sm_en/techov.htm
Pin 18 - Not connected - May not need


So if you dont know what model, its harder to tell, use the ATX reference..