Here's my situation. After a video card and hard drive failure I decided that I was sick of my old Athlon 1400 system, and decided to sell all of the parts on Ebay (Except for the Case, a <A HREF="http://www.startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?product_id=atxalumgt&topbar=topbara.htm" target="_new"> StarTech Cool Alluminator</A>). I purchased a new P4 530J with an Asus P5AD2-E Premium and a CoolerMaster RealPower RS-450-ACLY Power Supply.
As I was assembling my new system, I went to hook the power up to the case that for the motorized front door and temperature display and realized that it requires a proprietary 5-pin connector in order to hook it up to the power supply. The case ships with a 20-Pin ATX Male to 20-Pin ATX Female Adapter with a 5 pin lead for this purpose. (See <A HREF="http://home.gwu.edu/~roder/IMG_1864.JPG" target="_new"> here </A> for a picture) However, my new powersupply and motherboard have 24 Pin ATX Connetions. I have search the web and called every manufacturer that i can think of, including StarTech and SkyHawk whom make these cases, and several custom cable manufactures to try and get this cable and nobody has it or is able to make just one of these (if i want 500, it's not a problem)
So I'm left with two choices
1. Get a 24 to 20 Pin Adapter, hook up the case's adapter, and then use a 20 to 24 Pin Adapter to hook it up to the motherboard. This is obviously not ideal, and was not reccomended by Asus.
2. Buy a new case, which i would rather not do as I am a college student on a limited budget and don't really want to spend another 100+ on a case
Does anyone have a better solution, or is anybody able to make this cable for me?? I am willing to pay for your time and troubles, I really just don't want to buy a new case!!
And if i have to buy a new case- i need something with good airflow, is quiet, and can hold 4-6 hard drives.
Thank you!!
-roder
As I was assembling my new system, I went to hook the power up to the case that for the motorized front door and temperature display and realized that it requires a proprietary 5-pin connector in order to hook it up to the power supply. The case ships with a 20-Pin ATX Male to 20-Pin ATX Female Adapter with a 5 pin lead for this purpose. (See <A HREF="http://home.gwu.edu/~roder/IMG_1864.JPG" target="_new"> here </A> for a picture) However, my new powersupply and motherboard have 24 Pin ATX Connetions. I have search the web and called every manufacturer that i can think of, including StarTech and SkyHawk whom make these cases, and several custom cable manufactures to try and get this cable and nobody has it or is able to make just one of these (if i want 500, it's not a problem)
So I'm left with two choices
1. Get a 24 to 20 Pin Adapter, hook up the case's adapter, and then use a 20 to 24 Pin Adapter to hook it up to the motherboard. This is obviously not ideal, and was not reccomended by Asus.
2. Buy a new case, which i would rather not do as I am a college student on a limited budget and don't really want to spend another 100+ on a case
Does anyone have a better solution, or is anybody able to make this cable for me?? I am willing to pay for your time and troubles, I really just don't want to buy a new case!!
And if i have to buy a new case- i need something with good airflow, is quiet, and can hold 4-6 hard drives.
Thank you!!
-roder