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HILLBILLY said:

adt said:

Nothing special really.

I like the way you say it's nothing special, then add a pic of your GTX 285... nice sttup btw, love the fan duct :P

Thanks and trust me it's nothing special here comparing to the rigs posted here already :P

I have noticed on my motherboard which is a Gigabyte GA-M575L1-S4 there is a molex connector on it marked PCIE_12V.
Can anyone tell me what it is used for. My guess is for powering two pci-e cards, is that correct.
Never seen this on a motherboard before.

adt said:

HILLBILLY said:

adt said:

Nothing special really.

I like the way you say it's nothing special, then add a pic of your GTX 285... nice sttup btw, love the fan duct :P

Thanks and trust me it's nothing special here comparing to the rigs posted here already :P

u mean rigs like this?

BEWARE OF MY SHITBOX !!!!




PS! its a WiFi receiver (i think its the right word).
PPS! i got one more screwed on my mobo (lowest thing there), and if i take my graphic card out, i can put 1 more from my printer

Dave76 said:

twdawson said:

I have noticed on my motherboard which is a Gigabyte GA-M575L1-S4 there is a molex connector on it marked PCIE_12V.
Can anyone tell me what it is used for. My guess is for powering two pci-e cards, is that correct.
Never seen this on a motherboard before.

Your right, usually a graphics card that require more power.

Yeah, that's common for higher powered PCI-e and some AGP cards, but as twdawson said, it's unusual to see it on a motherboard...

Oh, and btw twdawson, I think you meant to say a GA-M57SLI-S, not GA-M575L1-S (is this the one? [link]). :) Just in case you try search for more details on it. I can't seem to figure out what that connector is for though, and the pictures I found aren't that clear as to whether the M/B has the female or male molex connector.

If it's a female connection on the board, then my best guess would be that a molex to PCI-e power adapter can be connected there instead of on the end of a power cable coming from the PSU... But I've never seen a setup quite like that before, so I'm not sure if that's even done on any boards.


Edit: Ok, I found what it is... It's a male connector on the motherboard, here's a passage from your user manual:
"The motherboard includes a PCIE_12V power connector, which provides extra power to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. When installing two graphics cards, please connect the power cable from the power supply to this connector." Hopefully that helps clear up what it's for.

ZaLiTH said:

Dave76 said:

twdawson said:

I have noticed on my motherboard which is a Gigabyte GA-M575L1-S4 there is a molex connector on it marked PCIE_12V.
Can anyone tell me what it is used for. My guess is for powering two pci-e cards, is that correct.
Never seen this on a motherboard before.

Your right, usually a graphics card that require more power.

Yeah, that's common for higher powered PCI-e and some AGP cards, but as twdawson said, it's unusual to see it on a motherboard...

Oh, and btw twdawson, I think you meant to say a GA-M57SLI-S, not GA-M575L1-S (is this the one? [link]). :) Just in case you try search for more details on it. I can't seem to figure out what that connector is for though, and the pictures I found aren't that clear as to whether the M/B has the female or male molex connector.

If it's a female connection on the board, then my best guess would be that a molex to PCI-e power adapter can be connected there instead of on the end of a power cable coming from the PSU... But I've never seen a setup quite like that before, so I'm not sure if that's even done on any boards.


Edit: Ok, I found what it is... It's a male connector on the motherboard, here's a passage from your user manual:
"The motherboard includes a PCIE_12V power connector, which provides extra power to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. When installing two graphics cards, please connect the power cable from the power supply to this connector." Hopefully that helps clear up what it's for.

Yeah thats the one, it was a typo when i posted, and thanks for the replys. I was just curious and thought thats what it was for, not that it will ever get used.

twdawson said:

Yeah thats the one, it was a typo when i posted, and thanks for the replys. I was just curious and thought thats what it was for, not that it will ever get used.

Yeah sure, no problem at all.. I'm guessing that onboard PCI-e power connector would only really be required to use the onboard graphics for something like Hybrid SLI, but then again my XFX 750a motherboard supports Hybrid SLI and I don't have any connectors like that onboard.. Oh well, such is life I guess. If everything in life made perfect sense all the time, I think it would be rather boring.