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Help installing eps 12v power connector

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  • Gaming
  • Power Supplies
  • Power
  • EPS
  • Systems
  • Motherboards
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July 28, 2014 2:21:09 PM

Hello tomshardware. I am currently building my gaming pc, and my psu manual instructs to plug in the eps +12v power connector (it splits into x2 4 pins). I can only fit in one of the 4 pins, the other won't fit. Will 1 side of it suffice, and I leave the other 4 alone?

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July 28, 2014 2:23:22 PM

Yes
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July 28, 2014 2:23:50 PM

Some motherboards need 8 others 4...
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July 28, 2014 2:27:15 PM

If the motherboard has an 8 pin connector for the eps then plug in all 8 pins. On the flip side of this some lower end boards will allow for just a 4 pin. How to tell if you have one of these boards? look in the motherboard manual. If it says you can plug just a 4 pin in and what side to plug it in the board will except just a 4 pin. If not then it need an 8 pin.

some 8 pins, 2x 4 pin, have tabs to lock them together. try putting the connectors together and then inserting them.
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