power supply
a technician look at the motherboard and sees 24-pin connector. what component would connect to the motherboard through the use of this 24-pin connector
20- pin connector
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There should be a large connector coming from the Power Supply unit. You may have a 20 pin or a 24 pin connector on your motherboard. Most power supplies come with a 20+4 pin connector which allows them to connect to both 20 and 24 pin mother bards.
24 pin connector is required to supply power to the motherboard.
The atx 12 connector is one of the motherboard power connectors and used for 12 volt power connect for cpu voltage regulator.
The motherboard form factor AT only has the 5-pin AT keyboard connector built in.
the regular ATX has a 20 pin power connector, while the enhanced ATX power connector has 24 pin power connector.
20 pin P1 connector.
ATX
If it as a 20 or 24 pin connector and a 4 pin connector then it is a ATX power supply.
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