• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Quick question about ATX pinout

C

CompuG##K

Gawd
Joined
Jul 9, 2008
Messages
593
I probably already know the answer to this, but I just want to make 100% sure before I go blowing something up.

I'm getting ready to shorten and sleeve the cables on my Sugo SG08's power supply and I was trying to think of a way to mark where the wires go in the ATX connector.

Other than the wires that carry a signal and have their own dedicated spot on the connector, can the wires that actually carry current be interchanged within their respective voltages?

I don't have to put each volt and ground wire EXACTLY where it originally went do I? Just as long as I match up the 12v wires with the 12v spots on the connector and do the same with 5v and 3.3v and the ground wires I should be good, right?

The power supply has a single 12v rail if that makes a difference.
 
Right. But if you ever need to be 100% sure, open up the PSU and check the copper foil areas where the wires are soldered.
 
Even if it had multiple rails, it wouldn't make a difference, since the ATX plug would come off of one rail anyways. So yeah, the wires can be interchanged.
 
Cool. Thanks guys. I was 99.8% sure of that, just wanted to make sure anyway. In any case though, I'll probably just cut to length, crimp, and sleeve the wires one at a time since I won't be able to see the color of them after I get the sleeving on (I got a pretty dense weave). I picked up new "one piece" connectors because I didn't like the split 20+4 pin and 4+4 pin connectors that came with the power supply. I'll just insert the wires into the correct spot on the new connector as I go, ensuring they all end up in the right place.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top