New Mobo+Powersupply not working

[knownothingbob]

I can't get my new gear to start, figuring its the powersupply.


Got a 2.4ghz 3700 AMD 64
Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813138272
PSU:
http://www.athenapower.com/sub/p450f12.htm

The psu er...power cable to the mobo has 20 pins and the mobo has 24 pins...

Nothing comes on, no fans at all.
there are 4 leds on the mobo if 2 are lit it means it ready for start up, and they are lit.
The other two are not lit and according to the motherboard manual it means that there is a "cpu/chipset error"

My biggest question is, will a 20 to 24 pin converter thing make it work, or in theory, should it?

Thanks

 

[mailpup]

A converter will work. I use one myself. BUT according to the link that you provided, the PSU can handle a 24 pin motherboard connector by utilizing that detachable 4 pin connector. That's what the 20 + 4 means. However, there is another square 4 pin connector (P4) you MUST connect that is located near the I/O panel. There is a third connector, a molex, that only needs to be connected if you are using SLI according to your motherboard manual.

 

[knownothingbob]

actually 3 minutes after i posted this ifigured it out, there was a weird 8 pin connector that splits into 2 4 pin connectors, i hooked one of these into the cpu plug and noticed the grooves in original 4 pin connector and stuck it on the 20 pin one... now everything works; was a magic moment. Thanks for your reply!