[geeks] Case locks & ATX power adapters

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Fri Jan 26 13:39:12 CST 2007


>From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: 2007/01/26 Fri AM 09:24:08 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Case locks & ATX power adapters

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>Do the extra 4 pins of an EATX 24-pin connector supply power than can be
>used there?

Exactly - it is a 12V rail, as I understand it, nothing special. If I had a 
more modern PS in the case, the last 4 pins of the 24 pin power cable would 
snap off and plug right in.

I've seen some MBs (Tyan, IIRC) that actually had a drive power connector 
(std 4 pin) on the MB...

Lionel



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