Abit AW9D-Max dilema: 4pin and 8 pin cpu power??

[rbarr110]

Helping a friend build a new system and am confused about the 8pin and 4pin CPU power connectors.

OK here is what I found in the Abit FAQ....

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/faq_popup.php?model=326&faq_id=759

However, I still have a question. The power supply is a Cooler Master which is a 24pin ATX with an additional 4 pin CPU connector. The extra 4 pins on the 24 can be detached and not plugged in. So after looking at the FAQ, I should disconnect the extra 4 pins on the 24 and NOT connect it, while aligning the 4pin CPU power to the far right of the 8 pin connector.

Is that correct, or do I still use the extra 4 pins of the 24 as well. (To connect or not connect, that is the question.) Did any of that make sense?

 

[kirbyrj]

I'd use all 24 pins on the ATX connector, then just use the 4-pin CPU connector since that's all you have. Good rule of thumb is plug in everything you can if you have a connector for it on your PSU.

 

[bustbang]

Connect all 24 pins in to ATXPWR1.
Connect additional 4 pin CPU connector to the right side of ATX12V1 highlighted in red in the FAQ.

I have the same motherboard and decided not to use my old Antec Neo 480 which has only one 4 pin cpu connecter. Got a new OCZ PSU instead but the mobo will work with older PSUs without an 8 pin cpu power.