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Power Supply Pinouts - ATX, Dell, Power Mac
Power Supply Pinouts - ATX, Dell, Power Mac
Different revisions of ATX specifications call for different power connectors. What's worse is some computer
brands use in their motherboards standard ATX headers with proprietary non-standard pin-outs. In some
cases, of course a wrong PSU will not fit mechanically. However, in many cases it will, and you can fry your
motherboard if you plug a generic ATX PSU into a branded board and vice versa. Here you will find
information on the main power connector P1 of both ATX and some branded PCs, which will help you
determine the right replacement power supply.
When ATX form-factor was designed, it first employed a 20-pin dual-row P1 with
6A/pin rating. Relative to the old AT-style, it had three new buses: +3.3V, +5VSB
and PS_ON# line for remote ON/OFF. Intel later on introduced so-called
ATX12V that differed by an additional 2x2 +12V connector (you can find
information on the auxiliary cables here).
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provide the front view, i.e. the view from the pin side rather than from the wire side. The colors are shown
just for reference. Some manufacturers divert from the recommended wires, so don't trust colors too much.
DELL
POWER MAC
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This guide of course is not exhaustive and does not cover all custom
configurations. Particularly, Compaq and HP also used incompatible systems. As a rule of thumb, if you
have a branded PC, you should suspect it may be incompatible with the industry standard.
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