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  1. September 27th, 2006, 03:07 PM #1
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    Hey there all you power mavens and hardware enthusiasts!

    I've been out of the computer scene for a good while, and have returned with a new desire to "jump in" again. I've just built myself a new machine, and have it up and running now. I hope to have it configured like I want it within the next few days...

    I'm aware of how some mainboards have a 20-pin power connector, and how others have the 24-pin variety, like this one does However, this board that I bought (an ASUS A8N-E) has an additional 4-pin connector near the processor. Since the power supply has that connector included in the wiring, I plugged it in. If you have some insight on just what that bad boy does, I'm all ears. Er, make that all "eyes"... Thanks!

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  2. September 27th, 2006, 04:38 PM #2
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    If it is a square one like this, then it is to power the CPU, and the PC won't boot without it connected.




    If it is a plain Molex connector, then that is fitted to some Asus boards as extra power for SLI configurations. It is only necessary to plug it in if you have both graphics cards installed.
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    Hi Limerick it's really great to see you back, hope you stick around for a while.
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    Hi Limerick! Really nice to see you here. Been awhile and you've been missed!

    Yep,,it's these power hungry new processors and PCI-E cards that just love to eat as much of the voltage/amps they can get their teeth into...
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