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  • I Got 24 Problems But a ***** Ain't One

    If you have a 20+4 pin powersupply and a 24 pin motherboard is it obligatory to have the +4 dangly bit connect to the motherboard or can I just leave it hanging. You see the motherboard seems to have the +4 receptacle quite far from the 20 pin receptable, and the power supply company seems to have made a very short cable for the +4 dangly bit. In sum, this is annoying the piss out of me and is easily the most frustrating thing that has happened to me since my neighbor accused my dog Washington of killing her cat. Obviously Washington did it but she had no way of knowing that because I used Axe body spray (I know I know) to make the blood trail smell like Urban Fusion or something. I blamed the African American Garbage man, playing on her racial hatred, and she quickly went after him
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    • #3
      So your dangly bit is too short?
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      • #4
        While I understand why you think this is my computer it is not, and your efforts at sabotage will only hurt yourselves. Somehow

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        • #5
          Is that a pic of your setup?

          If so, there's obviously 4 more spots alongside the 20

          Assuming it's not ... usually that's a separate power connector, so just use a different one. You do need to use the separate connector, though.
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          • #6
            Yes that is my setup but the motherboard manual indicates I should plug the +4 into the circle at the bottom of the case there.

            Also the fans, my god the fans, are nearly impossible to plug in

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            • #7
              The ATX power cable far from the 20/24-pin one isn't where the extra 4 go.
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              • #8
                I think that four is supposed to go into the four empty pins ... and another four (usually a straight four, but you might have got an Asher Special ) somewhere else on the board, often.
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                • #9
                  THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                  AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                  AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                  DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                  • #10
                    Generally if your PSU is 20+4 compatible the 20 and 4 will be part of the same wire bundle.

                    If you don't have a seperate 4 pin ATX 12v connector for the socket by the CPU heatsink/fan, you can get an adapter. The computer may run without plugging in a 12v connector at all though.

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                    • #11
                      THANKS EVERYONE

                      A lot of this antec case's fans have 4 holes but the motherboard only has 3 pin holes for SYS fan. Does that seems familiar to anyone. I desperate want my SYS fan in action.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Wiglaf
                        Also the fans, my god the fans, are nearly impossible to plug in

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                        • #13
                          You can mix and match the 3 and 4 pin. The 4th pin is for speed control IIRC, so the effect will be you can't use software to control the speed of your fans.

                          The guide on the back of the connector should line up in either case.

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                          • #14
                            So is it not a good idea to connect the fans directly to the motherboard or should I be connecting them to the powersupply and/or the motherboard?

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                            • #15
                              I think I connected mine to teh PSU rather than teh mobo, but I forget now.
                              THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                              AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                              AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                              DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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