Hello All. I was searching on how to use a standard ATX power supply with a Compaq Motherboard because my Compaq's Power Supply just died; and I found someinformation in the following forum post:

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/8829/120374.html

But it is still unclear to me on how to do it. I would like to use the 420W power supply that I have instead of the old 235W that my Compaq 5430US has. The atx power supply has a 20 pin conncetor and the Motherboard needs a 24 pin, so I bought an adapter but it doesn't work. Still no power gets to the motherboard. I know I have to re-arrange some cables from the power supply, but I don't know which ones.

Can anyone please give me some instructions on how to make the new power supply work with the Motherboard? I really don't have money to buy a new motherboard and throw this one out the window; or get a new power supply from compaq, which is $95

Thank you very much.