PC Interfaces 101
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Page 1:Males And Females Must Fit Together
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Page 2:Connector Table
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Page 3:External: Connectors For External Peripherals
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Page 4:IEEE-1394 / Firewire / i.Link
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Page 5:Cinch RCA (Composite, Audio, HDTV Components)
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Page 6:PS/2
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Page 7:VGA Monitor Interface
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Page 8:DVI Monitor Interface
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Page 9:RJ45 For LAN And ISDN
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Page 10:RJ11 For Modems And Telephony
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Page 11:S-Video (Hosiden, Y/C)
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Page 12:SCART
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Page 13:HDMI
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Page 14:Inside The Box: Connections Inside A PC System
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Page 15:ATA/133 (Parallel ATA, UltraDMA/133 Or E-IDE)
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Page 16:AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
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Page 17:PCI Express: The Serial Bus
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Page 18:PCI And PCI-X: The Parallel Buses
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Page 19:Power Connectors And ATX Standards
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Page 20:Power Connectors And ATX Standards, Continued
Power Connectors And ATX Standards
The various types of power connections are shown in the following tables and illustrations.
Peripheral device connector
AMD | |
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Socket 462 | |
Power Supply Standard | ATX12V 1.3 or higher |
ATX plug | 20-pin |
AUX plug (6-pin) | not used |
P4 connector (4-pin 12V) | rarely used |
Socket 754 | |
Power Supply Standard | ATX12V 1.3 or higher |
ATX plug | 20-pin, sometimes 24-pin |
AUX plug (6-pin) | not used |
P4 connector (4-pin 12V) | sometimes needed |
Socket 939 | |
Power Supply Standard | ATX12V 1.3 or higher |
ATX plug | 20-pin, sometimes 24-pin |
AUX plug (6-pin) | not used |
P4 connector (4-pin 12V) | sometimes needed |
Intel | |
Socket 370 | |
Power Supply Standard | ATX12V 1.3 or higher |
ATX plug | 20-pin |
AUX plug (6-pin) | rarely used |
P4 connector (4-pin 12V) | rarely used |
Socket 423 | |
Power Supply Standard | ATX12V 1.3 or higher |
ATX plug | 20-pin |
AUX plug (6-pin) | rarely used |
P4 connector (4-pin 12V) | needed |
Socket 478 | |
Power Supply Standard | ATX12V 1.3 or higher |
ATX plug | 20-pin |
AUX plug (6-pin) | not used |
P4 plug (4-pin 12V) | needed |
Socket 775 | |
Power Supply Standard | ATX12V 2.01 or higher |
ATX plug | 24-pin, sometimes 20-pin |
AUX plug (6-pin) | n/a |
P4 plug (4-pin 12V) | needed |
P4 plug (8-pin 12V) | 945X chipset (DualCore) or higher often needs this connection |
ATX plug with 24 pins (Extented ATX)
20-pin ATX motherboard connector
20-pin ATX cable
6-pin EPS connector
Summary
- Males And Females Must Fit Together
- Connector Table
- External: Connectors For External Peripherals
- IEEE-1394 / Firewire / i.Link
- Cinch RCA (Composite, Audio, HDTV Components)
- PS/2
- VGA Monitor Interface
- DVI Monitor Interface
- RJ45 For LAN And ISDN
- RJ11 For Modems And Telephony
- S-Video (Hosiden, Y/C)
- SCART
- HDMI
- Inside The Box: Connections Inside A PC System
- ATA/133 (Parallel ATA, UltraDMA/133 Or E-IDE)
- AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
- PCI Express: The Serial Bus
- PCI And PCI-X: The Parallel Buses
- Power Connectors And ATX Standards
- Power Connectors And ATX Standards, Continued
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