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Old 11-15-2008, 04:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Quick Question on Power Connectors

the 20 plus four main connector for the motherboard (if thats what you have ......... I dont think so ......... I think you have the older 20 pin only) but if yours is the 20 plus four the detachable four pins that can convert a 20 pin connector to a 24 pin connector cant be seperated very far from each other

your square four pin connector ........ if its on a long set of wires ........ that is ONLY for cpu power ........ NOT to add more pins to the 20 pin

the extra 4 pins in a 24 pin motherboard are used to feed power to the power hungry video cards .......

power hungry video cards will get power from the motherboard main connector AND from the dedicated video card plugs ALSO


if you have more questions ........ if would be easier if you could attach a digital pic of your plugs ?
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