P4 power supply versus AMD power supply

[Coolgreany]

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?

 

[RKS]

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.

 

[Pens1566]

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.

 

[Coolgreany]

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.