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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
Enhanced ATX
ATX version 2.2 allowed for 24-pin P1 connector, which is backward compatible with the 20-pin P1 connector.
24 pin connector is required to supply power to the motherboard.
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
If it as a 20 or 24 pin connector and a 4 pin connector then it is a ATX power supply.
ATX Ver 1.0 has one 20 pin port ATX Ver 1.1 has one 20 pin port and a 4 pin port ATX Ver 2.0 has one 24 pin port and a 4 pin port
the regular ATX has a 20 pin power connector, while the enhanced ATX power connector has 24 pin power connector.
A regular ATX motherboard uses a single 20-pin P1 connector with optional 4-pin auxillary power connector
Hi, Please check http://www.smps.us/20-to-24pin-atx.html for this. Read the last part. It might help. Regards, Thiyagarajan.