OH NO!! My power supply is missing a connector!! (P8 I think)

[B.E.E.F.]

So I got this 8 pin slot (4x2) on my motherboard. HA06-GT Jetway. I can fit a 4pin connector in there, but not a second one.

I think it's a P8 connector that I'm missing. How can I be sure? The manual says ATX12V connector.

Is there an adapter? I thought all power supplies came with this. The one I got is supposed to be ATX 2.2 spec.

[Bradan]

put the 4pin that doesnt clip in first, then the one that does clip in.

[B.E.E.F.]

Only one 4pin connector fits. You can't put a square peg in a round hole.

[HeXploiT]

Here you go. (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186&products_id=3204)
It is possible to just use the four pin but these are recommended over just using the four.

[zanzabar]

u can just use the 4pin, and what psu did u get

[Sparky]

Here you go. (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186&products_id=3204)
It is possible to just use the four pin but these are recommended over just using the four.

That doesn't do any more than just run from the 4 pin since that's all it plugs into in the first place.

[Humminn55]

If your power supply, BEEF, is ATX 2.2 spec, it is correct in having just a 2+2 ATX +12V plug. That's the plug the ATX 2.2 spec calls for.......

http://www.formfactors.org/developer\specs\atx2_2.pdf ......Page 13, section 3.3.2, Power Input. To quote from that page, "To facilitate 12V distribution to the processor voltage regulator, a 2x2 connector will be required on these systems."

From Page 21, section 4.1.2, 2x2 Connector, "In addition to the 24-pin main connector, a 2x2 connector (shown in Figure 9) is utilized for +12 V power signals for the processor voltage regulator."


The connector you refer to needing is actually an EPS12V connector.....a host of motherboard makers, among others, mislabel the 2x4 +12V connector as an ATX connector when in reality it is an EPS12V connector, derived from the server side of motherboard and power supply design.


But, I'd just hook up the 2x2 ATX12V connector and be done with it.....almost without exception the motherboards I've purchased in the last year or so with the 2x4 +12V connector typically has one half blocked off with a removable plastic cap and one half exposed, so you can plug in a 2x2 ATX12V connector or take off the cap and plug in a 2x4EPS12V connector.......your mb should work properly with either attached.

[B.E.E.F.]

What can happen in the worst case scenario if this socket is not given enough power?

[[XC] Hicks121]

Should work fine brother. Both my p5b-d's were run over 500fsb crunching full load with just the 4 pin. Worst than can happen is it wont boot. Give it a try, i think you will be suprised.

[HeXploiT]

That doesn't do any more than just run from the 4 pin since that's all it plugs into in the first place.

I imagine it spreads out the current. I don't imagine they'd make them if there were no use for them whatsoever. I've had some knowledgeable people tell me that it's better to use them. Anyway it's just a few bucks so better safe than sorry especially if you're someone who demands stability.


Hicks121;3712362']Should work fine brother. Both my p5b-d's were run over 500fsb crunching full load with just the 4 pin. Worst than can happen is it wont boot. Give it a try, i think you will be suprised.

It will boot.

[B.E.E.F.]

Yeah, Ill just get the connector. I can't afford to have this machine crashing. Its a workstation.

[Sparky]

I imagine it spreads out the current. I don't imagine they'd make them if there were no use for them whatsoever. I've had some knowledgeable people tell me that it's better to use them. Anyway it's just a few bucks so better safe than sorry especially if you're someone who demands stability.

All the current is still all coming through the original 4 wires. You really are not spreading anything out. If you are pulling enough to cook the 4 pin connection where it is connected to the board you are pulling enough to cook the 4 pin connection at the splitter. In the end, if it is too much current it is too much current.

Besides, I pulled nearly 180W through a 4 pin for over a year and a half on my old 939 setup with my overclocked opteron 165 according to calculators. That is 15A total, so only 7.5A per wire.

[B.E.E.F.]

Thanks guys. Got a 4pin to 8pin molex adapter. It's alive!!