Power Supply help

[eriks24]

Ok I am a novice so bare with me :O

I have an HP Pavilllion p6600 with a crappy 250 power supply I bought a Corsair 600w power to replace it

here is my pc specs

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02575965&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=4269976&prodTypeId=12454

Ok so I put new power supply in and my PC is not turning on now...

I took special care in not touching anything I shouldnt have....I checked several outlets in my house still nothing. I made sure power supply was turned on in back of machine obviously. The only cord that was a little funny when I hooked it up was on the motherboard there is a 4 square plug and on the power supply cords the smallest was a 6 square plug as the smallest.

All the other cords clicked right into for harddrive, cd rom, and video card?

Any suggestions on this would help

Thanks

Erik

 

[sportsfanboy]

That 4 pin needs to be plugged into the mother board. You have your main mobo power (the largest plug) sata power and molex for hardrives and cd roms,things like that. 6/8/6+2 pin for video cards, and 4 pin for the cpu.

 

[eriks24]

ok got that the 4 pin needs to go into motherboard but my problem is the corsair doesnt have a 4 plug cord? Does one of these cords break apart atthe connector to make a 4 pin?

 

[sportsfanboy]

Yes look in the manual it should actually be a 4+4 plug, so it should separate.

 

[beanoslim]

Whats the model of the psu you brought, it must have a 4pin, top right 4 pin P4.

 

[eriks24]

Ok cool I will check that.

Besides the power switch on back of power supply and on pc tower is there any other switches on the power supply I would need to mess with to make this work like a voltage switch?

Erik

 

[eriks24]

Its the 4 pin P4 in top right corner

 

[beanoslim]

Yes 4 pin P4.

If its not powering on at all, I mean no lights, no fans, nothing check the fuse in your mains plug.

But without the P4 in it won't work so it will be that.

 

[eriks24]

Awesome thanks for your help I bet this is the culpret of my problems

Erik

 

[shovenose]

the corsair will have an 8pin that comes apart into two 4pins