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bobbtb

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4+4 connection
« on: September 27, 2012, 04:40:24 pm »
my mobo is the A75-D3H.My power supply only has 1 12v 4 pin connector and my mobo has two,what is the other 4pin for as my pc seems to be running normally apart from my graphics,could it be powering my pci graphics card.thanks.

Vezina

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Re: 4+4 connection
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2012, 12:56:53 am »
They simply put more pins to better feed the on-board power supply (mostly for overclocking) ,the 4 pins that you have should be enough as long as the power supply is a good and quality one and as long as the other power connector is a 20+4.
If you observe abnormalities like instability or strange behaviors then maybe you should change the PSU or buy an adapter ,but generically speaking you should be ok..
Are you using the top performance APU ?!
The APU has build in graphics ,additional PCI-E cards are fed via 20+4 and via their own power connectors.
« Last Edit: September 28, 2012, 01:00:02 am by Vezina »
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bobbtb

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Re: 4+4 connection
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2012, 08:28:49 am »
thank you