12 Volt ATX power connector question

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Both my MSI and Shuttle mobos have a 4-pin socket for the 12V ATX connector
from the PSU.
My buddy's Asus A7N8X-X does not.
What exactly does it power and how does the ASUS do without it?

Rick

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>
> The MSI and Shuttle (and NF7) are better designed motherboards. The
> extra connections provide for more efficient transfer of power from the
> PSU to the MB since it is better distributed.
>

No,
His buddy's computers just use intel chips probably

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"ICee" <icee@thelight.invalid> wrote in message
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> rstlne wrote:
> >> The MSI and Shuttle (and NF7) are better designed motherboards. The
> >> extra connections provide for more efficient transfer of power from
> >> the PSU to the MB since it is better distributed.
> >>
> >
> > No,
> > His buddy's computers just use intel chips probably
>
> The Asus A7N8X-X (his buddy's computer) is an nForce2 chipset
> motherboard. The extra connection is known as a P4 connector since
> Intel P4 systems required it.
>
>
Huh? Not P4 only.
But I'm not sure if anyone else besides Gigabyte uses it.
http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoa [...] 20Pro.htm#
It also has full dual channel ddr support.
Some1 in one of the groups said. "AMD's don't have dual channel @ all."
Some AMD boards use Intel chips for Dual Channel ddr, and ethernet.
They are a sweet line of boards.
Denny. ;-)