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FriedFrog   12-22-2007 at 12:36:13 PM

Hi there, I have been trying to find out what this specific plug on my motherboard is for. If you look on the picture of the board from the left is the 3 pci slot, then the 3 PCIe slots, a little yellow then next to that it what Im curious about. Does anybody know what this is for? It looks like I could plug a power plug into it, but dont want to try.

Thanks for any help

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slicessoul   12-22-2007 at 01:11:42 PM
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It's a molex connector, you need to plug it when you have 2 graphics card or a 20 pin ATX power connector rather than 24 pin.

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FriedFrog   12-22-2007 at 01:18:32 PM
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oh ok. I currently have a 20pin ATX power connector, should it be connected? Thanks for your help

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aziraphale   12-22-2007 at 01:33:02 PM
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forget what I said...


Message edited by aziraphale on 12-22-2007 at 01:34:12 PM
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slicessoul   12-22-2007 at 01:49:36 PM
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FriedFrog wrote :

oh ok. I currently have a 20pin ATX power connector, should it be connected? Thanks for your help

 


yep you should connect it. I think your manual describe it. Maybe you need to read it again thoroughly.

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FriedFrog   12-23-2007 at 12:14:06 AM
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I had a look through the manual again, but no mention of what this is for. I went ahead and plugged it in anyway. I dont seem to see any change or difference to performance.

Anyways
Thanks for your help

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Shadow703793   12-23-2007 at 12:36:02 AM
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Its only when you use SLI or have a high end crd like a 8800GTX, I do believe your motherboard supports SLI (2x Green PCIe x16 slots?)

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jitpublisher   12-23-2007 at 01:13:38 AM
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Yep. It's to supply extra power to your PCIe video card, especially power hungry cards.
You should go ahead and connect it, it may not make a noticable difference at all, but sure can't hurt.

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Shadow703793   12-23-2007 at 02:14:04 AM
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You won't notice performance increase, but it gives stable voltages.

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FriedFrog   12-23-2007 at 06:39:10 AM
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Thanks guys for your help, I really appreciate it. I have a 7600gs only a mid range card, and only running one.

But cool now I at least know what that is for.

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