What is this for on my Motherboard?

[FriedFrog]

Hi there, I have been trying to find out what this specific plug on my motherboard is for. If you look on the picture of the board from the left is the 3 pci slot, then the 3 PCIe slots, a little yellow then next to that it what Im curious about. Does anybody know what this is for? It looks like I could plug a power plug into it, but dont want to try.

Thanks for any help

 

[slicessoul]

It's a molex connector, you need to plug it when you have 2 graphics card or a 20 pin ATX power connector rather than 24 pin.

 

[FriedFrog]

oh ok. I currently have a 20pin ATX power connector, should it be connected? Thanks for your help

 

[aziraphale]

forget what I said...

 

[slicessoul]

oh ok. I currently have a 20pin ATX power connector, should it be connected? Thanks for your help

yep you should connect it. I think your manual describe it. Maybe you need to read it again thoroughly.

 

[FriedFrog]

I had a look through the manual again, but no mention of what this is for. I went ahead and plugged it in anyway. I dont seem to see any change or difference to performance.

Anyways
Thanks for your help

 

[Shadow703793]

Its only when you use SLI or have a high end crd like a 8800GTX, I do believe your motherboard supports SLI (2x Green PCIe x16 slots?)

 

[jitpublisher]

Yep. It's to supply extra power to your PCIe video card, especially power hungry cards.
You should go ahead and connect it, it may not make a noticable difference at all, but sure can't hurt.

 

[Shadow703793]

You won't notice performance increase, but it gives stable voltages.

 

[FriedFrog]

Thanks guys for your help, I really appreciate it. I have a 7600gs only a mid range card, and only running one.

But cool now I at least know what that is for.