Power Connector

When I upgraded the video card on my PC, the screen started to temporarily blank out every once in a while. I noticed that this occurred around the times I accessed the CD-ROM drive or added a USB device. I suspect the ultra-quiet 300W power supply I have is not enough for the power hungry video card, hard drives and USB devices.

So today I bought a shiny new 400W power supply. When I got it home, I discovered it had a 24 pin connector. When did that happen? My motherboard has a 20 pin slot for the connector. I used to be on top of the latest specs. Is it me or did upgrading PCs used to be easier?

UPDATE: Duh! I looked at the connector closely and noticed a crease around the set of last four pins. With a little bit of twisting the block of four pins snapped off. So with the four pins separated from the 20 pins I was able to connect the power supply to my motherboard. Everything is up and running with no issues.

Posted at 12:32 AM