Connector

[Sapphire1217]

Does this connector go here? The shapes on the connector are a but different than the plug but I dont see any other connector that would go here. The other side of connector fits in this plug but then the side i mentioned wont fit into psu

[Anghammarad]

pcie instead of cpu aux power cable?

[AndreiArgeanu]

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[minibois]

5 minutes ago, Sapphire1217 said:

Does this connector go here? The shapes on the connector are a but different

Yes, that goes in there.

Indeed, the shapes on the connector vs. cable are a bit different, but I believe that was done for compatibility reasons.

 

Anyways, it's normal that the cable has one 'weird shape', where the connector on the board has a square shape.

[Sapphire1217]

4 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

pcie instead of cpu aux power cable?

the cable in the picture is the cpu cable. If I used the pcie cable, where would the 3rd end plug into?

 

[Sapphire1217]

1 minute ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

Looks like a PCIE connectors, though it doesn't look like it's a 6+2 pin as it should be.

Am I supposed to use the cpu 8 pin cable or the pcie 6+2 pin cable. If I use pcie cable, where does the 3rd end go?

[Anghammarad]

1 minute ago, Sapphire1217 said:

Am I supposed to use the cpu 8 pin cable or the pcie 6+2 pin cable. If I use pcie cable, where does the 3rd end go?

for the connector on your image holding the cable, you need to plug in the cpu 8 pin into the 8 pin socket.

 

Do not connect a PCIE cable into there... if you do, you unlock the secret magic smoke feature the motherboard has.

[mariushm]

The connector in the picture is a 8 pin EPS connector, but the shape of the individual pins is a bit different than the standard, because the connector is designed to allow people to split it in two.

The reason for splitting it in two is because some older boards and some cheaper office/budget motherboards only use a 4 pin cpu connector and such motherboards also often have components around the header so it would be impossible to plug the full 8 pin half way into such connector.

 

So, for those motherboards, they made connector split in two, and that 4 pin connector/header would be keyed as your connector.

For example, see https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/H310M-S2-rev-10#kf

 

You can use the left side of the connector on this motherboard.

 

 

[tdkid]

43 minutes ago, Sapphire1217 said:

Does this connector go here? The shapes on the connector are a but different than the plug but I dont see any other connector that would go here. The other side of connector fits in this plug but then the side i mentioned wont fit into psu

it would depend on your motherboard and PSU but overall i am going to say no. cables and connectors are designed so they fit perfectly together otherwise it can cause wear and tear which will eventually lead to damage.