Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components
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Connecting Power Supply Cables
Figure 30 shows the location of the power connectors.
CAUTION
Failure to use an appropriate power supply and/or not connecting the 12 V power
connector (Figure 30, A) to the Desktop Board may result in da
mage to the board or
the system may not function properly.
The 2 x 12 pin main power connector (Figure 30, C) is backwards compatible with
ATX12V po
wer supplies with 2 x 10 connectors. Use of the SATA-style PCI Express
graphics auxiliary power connector (Figure 30, B) is required with ATX12V power
supplies when using
PCI Express graphics cards that can consume up to 75 W.
Figure 30. Connecting Power Supply Cables