[ale] power supply question

[Scott Castaline]

Giulio wrote:
> 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
>
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Pau,
    Giuldo is correct. I had recently bought a case with a 500W PDU 
which had the 20+4 pin connector. The extra 4 pins detach from the main 
20 pin connector. Mine just snapped together, it took a little bit of 
force to detach, but it did.
HTH

Scott C.