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Kyle2418
By Kyle2418
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What are the pins in the top left corner used for. This board came out of a Dell optiplex gx260

 

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5 minutes ago, Kyle2418 said:

What are the pins in the top left corner used for. This board came out of a Dell optiplex gx260

They're IDE connectors. They're the old connectors for CD/DVD drives and HDDs that used IDE cables to connect to the motherboard. They're now obsolete having been replaced by SATA.

 

The motherboard and computer it comes from is more than 15 years old. It's worthless.

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Looks like they are IDE connectors for hard drives of that era. The one below it looks like a floppy connector.

 CPU: I9-7900X RAM: 64GB (16X4) DDR4-2933 GPU: RTX 3080 MOBO: ASUS X299 Deluxe PSU: Corsair RM850 SSD: ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO 1TB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB Case: Corsair iCUE 465X Cooler: Corsair 280 AIO

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GX260s are awesome machines. They're IDE connectors, one for the floppy, optical drive and HDD.

I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago...

I split an audio split, again

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I actually need to pick up one of these, I've got AGP cards that I cannot use at all. Also, is that a 20-pin power connector?

 CPU: I9-7900X RAM: 64GB (16X4) DDR4-2933 GPU: RTX 3080 MOBO: ASUS X299 Deluxe PSU: Corsair RM850 SSD: ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO 1TB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB Case: Corsair iCUE 465X Cooler: Corsair 280 AIO

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2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

More like loud ovens. Well.. the thin ones at least

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I'd blame it practically being an oven, the airflow is fully negative xD

 

 

  

I once did the unthinkable, back many headphones ago...

I split an audio split, again

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