Extra 10-pin connector for motherboard

Asxrow · February 6

Got a MSI MAG A650GL in today and for the ATX connector, it is easy to go into the motherboard but the side that goes into the PSU has a 18-Pin connector and another part of it on the same side has a 10-pin connector that has a spot in the PSU, I just don't know what to do with it. It doesn't seem good to bend the cable like that to plug it in to the PSU.

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8tg · February 6

That is what you’re supposed to do with it, plug it in.

Asxrow · February 6

2 minutes ago, 8tg said:

That is what you’re supposed to do with it, plug it in.

Thanks! Will try tomorrow when more parts arrive.

8tg · February 6

Modular power supplies used to be a lot simpler, pic related is an ultra x connect from 2004

it uses male to male cables

4 pin cpu power on both ends, 20 pin on both ends, molex on both ends, etc

Corsair and evga basically decided one day that it was a better option to lock people into specific cable ecosystems that only worked with specific power supplies, so if you damaged your 24 pin somehow you couldn’t just buy any old 24 pin, it has to be their special one

so blame them for that stupid 18 + 10 thing, psu end modular cables are miserable and we’re just kinda stuck with them