Experi

mentNo2.4:
NameoftheExperi
ment:Typesofconnect
ors.
Aim :Toi
dent
if
yDif
fer
entty
pesofconnectorspresenti
nMot
herBoar
d&pur
pose.
Component
sRequi
red:Mot
her

Boar
d.THEORY:

Connect
orsi
nPC

20/24ATX
The20/ 24ATXpi nal
lowsust urnonthemot her
board.Ear
lymodelshada20-
pin
confi
gurat
ion,whereasthecurr
entstandardisnow24.Itsti
llcomesasablock
of20pins,towhichwecanaddabl ockof4pi ns.Thi
sistoensure
compatibi
l
itywith older motherboar
ds and thei
r
20-pi
n connect ors.

ATXP4
TheATXP4wasi ntr
oducedbyI nt
elforPentium 4.I
tplugsint
othe
mother
board & ex clusiv
ely power s the pr ocessor. Today, most
mother
boardspossess4t o8pi nsdedi
catedtopower ingupt heCPU.The
l
ateststandar
ds forpowersuppl y make use ofan 8- pi
n connect
or
(somet
imescall
edEPS12V) ,madeupof2x4- pinblocks,againt
oensure
compati
bil
it
ywithol
dmot herboardsandtheclassicATXP4.

MOLEX
Presentin ever
y PC,itis someti
mes used di
rect
ly on t
he
mother
board(MSI)andi
susedtoconnectt
heharddi
skandotherdri
ves.
Somegraphicscar
dsmayrequi
ret
hisconnect
or,
too.

SATACONNECTOR
Modernpowersuppl
ysy st
emsmusthav
eatl
east4oft
heset
o
powerupdr
ivesatt
heSATAstandard:

PCIEXPRESS
Moderngr aphi
cscardsneedmor epower ,sotheyneedtopower
themsel
ves directl
yf r
om the powerblock.Thi sist he r
ole ofthi
s
connect
or.Ifwepl ant obuyapower f
ulgraphicscard,makesur et
hat
yourpowersuppl ycontai
nsatl
easttwoPCIEx pressslot
s,i
ncludi
ngone
thati
sconvert
ible.

I
fourpowersuppl
ydoesn'
thav
ean8-
pinconnect
or,
ther
ear
e6-
to-
8adapt
ers:

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