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    Tagan 420w PSU and ATX12v power cable

    Hi all,

    Just a couple of questions,

    I've recently purchased a Tagan 420W power supply TG420-U01 and an A-bit Fatal1ty AN8 motherboard.

    Okay, I haven't built a machine in a few years so am a bit confused about how to power the motherboard. Please bare with me.

    The tagan comes with one black 24pin power connector. Where 4 of the pins can be removed to make a 20 pin power connector.

    It also has two blue power power conectors with 4 pins - labelled p4 and p4+. Which can be combined into one 8 pin connector

    The abit board has a 24 pin power connector and a 4 pin atx12v connector

    Do I insert the black connector in it's 24pin form into the 24 pin slot on the board and then connect the blue p4 (4 pin) into the 4 pin 12v connector on the board?

    Also the power supply comes with a grounding wire, which is says should be attached to one the mounting holes and screws on your motherboard? I feel a bit funny grounding the power supply using my motherboard - can I not just attach the grounding wire to a screw on the case?

    Thanks in advance.


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    Last edited by eletero; 03-06-2005 at 02:01 PM.

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    if you use the 24 pin connector from the PSU into the 24 pin connector on the board that should be it.

    I've always used 1 of the mobo mounting screws for grounding my Tagans but I don't suppose it makes any difference as against a screw on the case as it's a common earth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eletero
    Also the power supply comes with a grounding wire, which is says should be attached to one the mounting holes and screws on your motherboard? I feel a bit funny grounding the power supply using my motherboard - can I not just attach the grounding wire to a screw on the case?
    I feel the same way and attach the ground wire to a free pci slot screw on the back of the case . It keeps the grounding wire out of the way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BUFF
    if you use the 24 pin connector from the PSU into the 24 pin connector on the board that should be it.
    In the end I did have to connect the blue p4 (not p4+) to the atx12v socket aswell as the 24pin. The A-bit motherboard is quite nice - it has an LED display to indicate problems at boot. I was getting code 8.7. which means the CPU voltage is wrong - so I tried inserting the blue power and worked straight off. Thought this info might be useful in case other people are confused about the tagan power supplies.

    I ended up grounding the supply on a spare pci slot screw as suggested - thanks for the advice.

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