New power supply for A7V600

[stephemm]

does the ASUS A7V600 motherboard use the -5.0VDC rail? the ATX spec was changed and modern power supplies do not have that line populated. need to know if they will still work with this mobo. thx.

 

[o1die]

Yes. Any decent atx ps should work; some have 24 pin connectors with 4 that can break off for older boards. Mine came with a 24 to 20 pin adapter, which also works well.

 

[stephemm]

Just a follow up for anyone that cares. ASUS came back with a very terse answer saying "yes, you need to use the old power supply." My old power supply would not work with my desired configuration so I experiment to find out for myself. I cut the lead for the -5V rail and let it run for over a week. No obvious issues so I ordered a new power supply (ATX 2.2). It, too, seems to just work and it powers all of my new devices.

Kudos to the tech support guys at PC Power & Cooling for giving me way more insight than ASUS.