I'm looking at building a new computer using
the Asus P5WD2 motherboard. I noticed that has
a 2 x 4-pin 12V connector, but I think the
power supply I plan on using only has a single
4-pin 12V connector. It's the Antec SmartPower
2.0 400W.
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=26400

Will the P5WD2 be completely stable with this
power supply if it only has the single 4-pin 12V
connector? I'll be building a low-end business
workstation with a 3GHz P4, low-end PCI-E graphics
card, and a single hard drive.

Thanks for any info you can give me.

In article <Np_nf.15983$(E-Mail Removed)>, David <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm looking at building a new computer using
> the Asus P5WD2 motherboard. I noticed that has
> a 2 x 4-pin 12V connector, but I think the
> power supply I plan on using only has a single
> 4-pin 12V connector. It's the Antec SmartPower
> 2.0 400W.
> http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=26400
>
> Will the P5WD2 be completely stable with this
> power supply if it only has the single 4-pin 12V
> connector? I'll be building a low-end business
> workstation with a 3GHz P4, low-end PCI-E graphics
> card, and a single hard drive.
>
> Thanks for any info you can give me.

http://support.asus.com.tw/faq/faq_r...Language=en-us

"Question

* I noticed that there is an extra 8-pin 12V connector on
P5WD2 Premium. What's it for?

Answer

The extra 8 pin 12V connetor is for future new CPU utilization.
* For current CPUs, you can just plug 4-pin power cable to the
8-pin 12V connector.*Since*8-pin 12V connector has a*
direction-proof design,*you don't need to worry about plugging
it in*reverse direction. "

HTH,
Paul