Purchased the wrong psu for my mobo. Can I get around this?

BigASizzle

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Little bit of a dilemma I've gotten myself into here...

So I recently decided to bring my old dell xps 700 series back to life. I purchased a new atx psu for the unit not realizing it would not be able to power my mobo.

The mobo requires both a 24pin male and a 20 pin male to power up. The power supply unit I purchased only has a 24 pin..

Is there anyway I can get around this? An adapter / splitter of some sort? Or do I need to buy the right PSU? Annnddd if so which type do I need?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)
 
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Welcome to the land of OEM custom power supplies.... You're going to need to find a Dell PSU of the correct era to use with your machine. This site might help some, but pictures of the connectors on the old power supply would be your best bet for figuring out what is going on with the wiring, the wire colors should be the same still (Yellow/12, Red/5, Orange/3.3, Gnd/Black, Purple/5VSB)
http://www.smps.us/power-connectors.html
Welcome to the land of OEM custom power supplies.... You're going to need to find a Dell PSU of the correct era to use with your machine. This site might help some, but pictures of the connectors on the old power supply would be your best bet for figuring out what is going on with the wiring, the wire colors should be the same still (Yellow/12, Red/5, Orange/3.3, Gnd/Black, Purple/5VSB)
http://www.smps.us/power-connectors.html
 
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