welll first off few weeks ago my psu died and i researched and found out my COMPUTER needs this kind of model because it was designed to fit inside. so also found out the model i had no longer in production.

so i found this model that are made to be compatible to my last model. So i think ok this do. So ya found out when i opened it the part that connects to the mother board is 24 slots and the one on my mother board is 20... so i was going see if it worked if i just push it in while other 4 just sit there but because the hook that snaps in is hitting a screw that holds the mother board down I'm guess is blocking me from doing that. it won't go down all the WAY.

so I'm thinking if i just crack that snap off would it work?. because i don't want to snap something that's not going work. so will the 24 PIN work even though the mother board has a 20 pin? and if so how sure are you?

please put in English terms lol.
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thank you for your time.here's few pics...

but anyways vs breaking the chip off i notice they sell 24 to 20 pin adapter would this SOLVE my problem?

http://www.xpcgear.com/24to20pinatx.html I'm sure i can pick something like this up at bestbuy/sometype computer store







it's going in but that screw looking thing is blocking it going all the way in.



i put it on the gray case to be seen better then my red carpetQuote from: JOEVSYOU on April 01, 2010, 04:27:39 PM

...but anyways vs breaking the chip off i notice they sell 24 to 20 pin adapter would this solve my problem?

Get the adapter.

so that should fix my issue right? if so thanks!!!

That's what the adapters are for. Make sure you get the right one, they have 20 to 24 and 24 to 20, and you need to know whether they mean psu to mobo or mobo to psu.