[ale] power supply question

[Giulio]

On Wednesday 03 October 2007 09:14, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> I just got my new power supply, and I'm not sure if I got the right
> one. It says 20+4 pin ATX12V Main power connector. My old connector
> was 20 pins. Can I actually separate those last 4 pins and plug it
> in to my 20-pin slot???? I really don't want to smoke my
> motherboard..
> It would mean using cutters to plsit that 24 pin connector.

Paul,

I think the new 24 pin connectors are for motherboards that have PCI-e 
slots. The additional 4 pins supply power to PCI-e. Guess they make 
the additional 4 pin detachable for backwards compatibility to 20 pin 
MB.

Giulio