Power Supply Connectors

Question 1

What power supply connector provides power to the mother board?

Answer 1

Main Board/ Motherboard Adapter

Question 2

What is the original 20-pin connector that provided power to the motherboard?

Answer 2

ATX Standard.

Question 3

What power supply has a 24 pin connector?

Answer 3

ATX 12V

Question 4

A newer power connector type that is two connectors coupled together before plugging into a 24-pin connector.

Answer 4

20+4 Pin

Question 5

What’s the benefit of a 20+4 Pin Power Connector?

Answer 5

Since it’s two connectors it can fit into either older 20 or newer 24 pin connections.

Question 6

True or False A lot of modern power supplies are strictly 24 pin instead of 20+4 Pin.

Answer 6

True Most modern motherboards are 24 pins so the 20+4 pin adapter is becoming irrelevant.

Question 7

What power connector has a four, six or eight pin connection?

Answer 7

Processor / CPU Power Connector

Question 8

How many pins do most modern CPU power supplies have?

Answer 8

8 pin

Question 9

What is used to power the SATA drives?

Answer 9

SATA power connector

Question 10

What is the SATA power connector form factor?

Answer 10

L shaped connector with 15 pins

Question 11

What’s a legacy power connector used for IDE and PATA hard disk, CD’s, and DVD drives?

Answer 11

Molex Connector

Question 12

One connector that can be used to support multiple devices.

Answer 12

Y Connector

Question 13

What connector can be used to change one power connection type to another?

Answer 13

Y Connector