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Dell t7400 - 8 pin problem

enaberif

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Can you explain the problem? again, I will listen and not attempt this but I am happy to learn too

Without knowing the specifics of how the rails work on the power supply, you could overload a rail and then cause damage and premature failure of hardware.

can use this and pliers to connect wires from extra PSU to the dell PSU

Please just stop.
 

danmitch1

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This is quite easy to fix as I have successfully converted a dell BTX psu to ATX.
1 - Get a multimeter.
2 - Buy this and this
3 - Check a bunch of free wires with the multimeter and match the voltage while you follow this
4 - Pop out the pins and connect the correct pins to the connectors you bought.

Am I missing something?
 

enaberif

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This is quite easy to fix as I have successfully converted a dell BTX psu to ATX.
1 - Get a multimeter.
2 - Buy this and this
3 - Check a bunch of free wires with the multimeter and match the voltage while you follow this
4 - Pop out the pins and connect the correct pins to the connectors you bought.

Am I missing something?

Easy? Depends on skill level. For you and I? Sure.

Here is the one I built.
https://i.imgur.com/4vk47eY.jpg
 

danmitch1

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Yeah true enough! But, worse thing that happened to me is tearing the skin on my fingers after a stubborn pin decides to finally pull out!
 

danmitch1

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Yup, but i was using 2 standard sized staples to release the hooks. Every now and again they would be stubborn and pop out unexpectedly...
 

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