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Extension Cable has different Pins

ttboy99
By ttboy99
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Hey!

So I am building my new PC and wanted to use cable extensions. However I am on a budget so I bought these. 
But when I looked at the pin shapes(?), the ones for the CPU do not match, but fit, also into the MB. I am sure that it is not a PCIe cable. 

This is the cable coming from the PSU.

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And this is the extension

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The left 4pins are the same, however the rigth ones are different. The PSU cable has 4 rounded ones, and the extension cable has square ones in the top left and bottom right.

 

As I said, they all fit together. The extension cable also fits into the Motherboard. Now I am wondering, could I damage something, or is this on purpose.

 

PS.

My PSU is the beQuiet PurePower l8 630W

This is the female part of the extension cable.

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If you're sure it's an EPS cable and not PCIe 8 pin, it doesn't matter what the shapes look like.

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