What are the extra unpopulated header on Asus STRIX GTX 1060 6GB?

[Subhajitdas298]

What are the extra unpopulated header on Asus STRIX GTX 1060 6GB?
They do not have any headers, but pads are there.
What are they?
Can I use for extending Asus AURA?

[historicalpoultry]

If you mean the two 4 pin headers on the short end of the card, those are fan headers for external case fans, that can be controlled based on GPU temps.

[shadowbyte]

they're fan headers

 

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

5 minutes ago, Subhajitdas298 said:

What are the extra unpopulated header on Asus STRIX GTX 1060 6GB?
They do not have any headers, but pads are there.
What are they?
Can I use for extending Asus AURA?

If there are only pads, don't do anything. they weren't made for the end consumer to use.

[LukaH]

if it looks exactly like the picture (2x 4pin connectors) i posted they are fan connectors.

[Subhajitdas298]

Sorry for my unclear description. I am wondering about this unpopulated headers shoulder pads.

 

Certainly they are not meant for "end consumers". But if they provide important status or may be an extension to AURA, I would like to do a DIY project to utilize them.

[captain cactus]

Voltage readout points for people to stick their multimeter into and read things like core voltage or memory voltage. Only used in overclocking though, not useful for the average consumer as the overclocks we're talking about are in no way stable enough for 24/7 operation.

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, Subhajitdas298 said:

Sorry for my unclear description. I am wondering about this unpopulated headers shoulder pads.

 

Certainly they are not meant for "end consumers". But if they provide important status or may be an extension to AURA, I would like to do a DIY project to utilize them.

Those mofos are more accurate voltage reading points for extreme overclockers. If you're not trying to break benchmark records, you need not concern yourself with them.

[Subhajitdas298]

8 hours ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

Voltage readout points for people to stick their multimeter into and read things like core voltage or memory voltage. Only used in overclocking though, not useful for the average consumer as the overclocks we're talking about are in no way stable enough for 24/7 operation.

 

8 hours ago, Energycore said:

Those mofos are more accurate voltage reading points for extreme overclockers. If you're not trying to break benchmark records, you need not concern yourself with them.

Can you gys reference me to some usefull resources to learn about the connectors. I need to know. Thanks in advance.