Question: What's the 6-pin plug for on my power supply?

[Al Smith]

New power supply, as I mentioned elsewhere, and I notice in the
booklet that it says "Connect the 20-pin, 4-pin and 6-pin
connectors to the motherboard...". I can't find any place to plug
in the 6-pin connector on my motherboard. What does it do? It's
labeled AUX in the booklet.

 

[djs0302]

New power supply, as I mentioned elsewhere, and I notice in the
booklet that it says "Connect the 20-pin, 4-pin and 6-pin
connectors to the motherboard...". I can't find any place to plug
in the 6-pin connector on my motherboard. What does it do? It's
labeled AUX in the booklet.

Some motherboards use it, some don't. I have an Intel 875pbz
motherboard and it doesn't use the 6 pin connector. It just uses the 4
pin connector and the standard 20 pin power connector. If your
motherboard doesn't have a place for the 6 pin connector then you don't
need it.

 

[JAD]

some video cards need the extra connector

 

[Al Smith]

some video cards need the extra connector
OK, thanks. I guess my video card isn't among them, since it seems
to be running fine and it isn't plugged into the 6-pin connector.

 

[Al Smith]

New power supply, as I mentioned elsewhere, and I notice in the

Some motherboards use it, some don't. I have an Intel 875pbz
motherboard and it doesn't use the 6 pin connector. It just uses the 4
pin connector and the standard 20 pin power connector. If your
motherboard doesn't have a place for the 6 pin connector then you don't
need it.

Nothing on my board that I can find. I was wondering if it had
anything to do with speed monitoring my power supply fan. The
power supply fan is not monitored in my setup.

 

[ric]

Nothing on my board that I can find. I was wondering if it had
anything to do with speed monitoring my power supply fan. The
power supply fan is not monitored in my setup.

When asking for help on an unknown plug of some sort, always
relate wire colors. This will help greatly. Older ATX PSUs
(ver 1.1) had a six pin plug with: ONE red, TWO orange, and
THREE black wires. It was an AUXILIARY power plug. Sound familiar?

 

[dawg]

OK, thanks. I guess my video card isn't among them, since it seems
to be running fine and it isn't plugged into the 6-pin connector.

If your video card has a power connector it'll most likely be a molex 4
pin.The same as the Hard drive and CD drive uses.Newer video cards like the
Nvidia FX series and the ATI 9x and Xx seies. You should have it connected
if it's there.
But I've never seen the six pin connector.

 

[ModeratelyConfused]

If your video card has a power connector it'll most likely be a molex 4
pin.The same as the Hard drive and CD drive uses.Newer video cards like
the
Nvidia FX series and the ATI 9x and Xx seies. You should have it connected
if it's there.
But I've never seen the six pin connector.

Doesn't the new SLI (reaching for a word here, stuff???) make use of a 6 pin
connector?

MC