Building Pentium 4

[wilbrian]

Hello,
I am about to build my first Pentium 4 computer. I've noticed that there are additional leads from the power supply. I see that there is a new square connector with 4 pins. There is a matching connector on the motherboard (ASUS P4B, case is Enlight). What all power leads do I need to connect from power supply to motherboard? There also seems to be a lead labeled "P6" that looks like one of the connectors from an old AT power supply (where there were two of these labeled "P5" and "P6&quot, although I do not see a spot for it on the motherboard. Also do I connect the familiar looking ATX power connector? Help.

wilbrian.

 

[Guest_imported]

There is only one connector that goes from teh powersupply to the motherboard, it looks different that the rest, and has a little clip on the front of it. The rest are for hard drives, cd/disk drives

 

[mastguy]

well wilbrian in p4 system there are two cords that needs to be attached to your motherboard.First one is in the shape of a rectangle with around 16-20 square pins and the second one is a 4 pin cord....thast it


hope it works for u

bye

 

[wilbrian]

Thanks mastguy I believe you are correct.

 

[KarveR]

Actually, depending on your motherboard you can use all three connectors.

Main power to the board, auxiliary power for the processor and auxiliary power for PCI and AGP support.

I have a gigabyte GA-8ITXE mainboard and had to use all connectors. ***************************************
Party on, dudes!

 

[mistanapesis]

Anyone tell me what the square 4pin connector is for (yellow and black)?