24 pin cable in a 20 pin motherboard

And7rey

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I opened my old PC from 2005 to add the power supply which i took from my new computer to upgrade it and when i opened the old pc i saw that the motherboard is 20 pin and the cable is 24 pin, is there any way to put it in or is it going to smoke when i turn it on?