My motherboard went bad and needed replaced so i took my PC into a electrical retailers who were doing deals on new Mainboards & processors. They said i need to fit the Parts but they could sell them.
What i had was a P111 – 1GHZ processor and the board to match, before the board went bad.
When i left the electrical retailers he told me i needed a new mainboard which i bought and also a processor to match. I also needed new RAM which he said needed to be in the new Mainboard. I agree this is the case, however the board won’t boot when all all ide stuff are connected eg HD &DVD.
The mainboard power leads are completely diffeent on this new mainboard to my old power unit now the guy is telling me i need a new power unit.
My question is this:
1 – Does it matter what power supply unit is in a PC?
This new mainboard is an Athlon Socket 754 Sempron
2 – Is there a difference between the power supply for an AMD Athlon and a Pentium?
3 – I have had pentium 2’s and Pentioum 3’s and all the power leads are roughly the same but now on this there is a 4 pin connector which goes directl into the board but i don’t know whay.
I understood the floppy power, IDE power and the long power thing which plugs into the mainboard but now there seem to be a coupl of new 4 pin connectors which plug into the mainboard what are these for and do they need to be plugged in?
A speediant answer in any greatly appreciated. Thanks to all in advance who take time to read/reply
