cable modification of power supply

rickardom

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Jun 18, 2013
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my motherboard asrock z77 extrem4 has a 8 pin connector instead of 4 or 6 pin but the psu i have has a set of 4 pin and 6 pin connectors how do i connect the psu to the motherboard.
thanks.
 
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Hopefully your PSU has two 4 pin connectors which may say CPU or ATX - those two 4 pin connectors can join together to make an 8 pin connector to the motherboard - you don't want to use a 6 pin or 6+2 pin connector there, those are for PCIe and should not be plugged into the motherboard
Hopefully your PSU has two 4 pin connectors which may say CPU or ATX - those two 4 pin connectors can join together to make an 8 pin connector to the motherboard - you don't want to use a 6 pin or 6+2 pin connector there, those are for PCIe and should not be plugged into the motherboard
 
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