spoudastis Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Hello, im am in the middle of my first build and have run across a bit of a dilemma... i am starting to run power to all of my components when i came to the 8pin atx power connector (jpwr2) on the motherboard which is keyed with 4 square holes and 4 rounded ones. the 8 pin (eps12v) from my corsair tx650w has a detachable 4 pin mechinism so it can work with either a 4 or 8 pin atx motherboard. the first group of four has 2 square and 2 rounded pins while the other group of four has 4 rounded pins. this does not look to be compatible with the 8 pin connector on my motherboard, only 4 of the 8 pins match. i read this psu is compatible with my core i7, is this the case but just not compatible with my motherboard? how can i determine if a psu is compatible with my motherboard without physically inspecting the 8 pin atx power cord as the description of the tx650w says it has a 8-pin eps12v? thank you in advance for any ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJinZ Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Squares and holes doesn't matter. Plug it in the right way and you're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoudastis Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 really? ok awesome i thought i was going to have to gt a new psu. so why is it that the keying does not matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.