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Limp Gawd
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For about the last six months, I have been slowly collecting spare parts with the intent of building a machine inside an old xbox case I have. My biggest issue has been finding a way to power the machine. The xbox has one of the old version 1.0-1.2 power supplies with the pins all in a line. From what i've read, it is possible to convert this to work with the 1.2-1.6 versions, which use a standard ATX motherboard connector. However this will result in several empty pin-holes.
My question is, are those pins necessary to run a computer off the power supply? The only gaming we ever do around here is the "good old games" like Half-Life, Quake 3, and MOHAA, so the power draw is not going to exceed whatever this thing puts out. But does an atx motherboard require those pins, or can I just rearrange the pins from the xbox supply and plug it in?
Thanks
My question is, are those pins necessary to run a computer off the power supply? The only gaming we ever do around here is the "good old games" like Half-Life, Quake 3, and MOHAA, so the power draw is not going to exceed whatever this thing puts out. But does an atx motherboard require those pins, or can I just rearrange the pins from the xbox supply and plug it in?
Thanks