What are the AUX & Extra plugs for?

[synbios]

I was wondering what the AUX and Extra cables are for on my Enermax PSU? I can't seem to find my manual.

(My PSU is an Enermax EG465AX-VE)

 

[gigabyte1024]

how many pins are on these extra plugs?

 

[synbios]

They look like molex plugs. I'll have to check and try take a pic when I get home from work.

 

[[Spectre]]

They look like molex plugs. I'll have to check and try take a pic when I get home from work.

Are there only two wires going to the connector?

 

[unhappy_mage]

Or six in a row, maybe? That'd be an AUX power connector used by Xeons and older dual-processor boards. This page makes it look like the "EXTRA" is for 9700-era video cards which use an extra Molex. They should be just the same as regular Molex connectors.

 

[synbios]

Sorry for the late reply.
I've taken a quick snap of the connectors.



The Extra plu has four wires (two black in the centre and one red and one yellow at either end of the plug)

 

[unhappy_mage]

Then the connectors do what I mentioned above. The EXTRA plug can be treated as a normal molex, and the AUX left unplugged unless your motherboard requires it.

 

[synbios]

Then the connectors do what I mentioned above. The EXTRA plug can be treated as a normal molex, and the AUX left unplugged unless your motherboard requires it.

Thanks, I could do with another Molex connector.

Just another question.
Does it matter which molex I connect the PCIe extension to? (i.e. all molexs provide the same power, etc)

 

[unhappy_mage]

That seems to be a single-rail power supply. It doesn't matter, then, where you connect the PCIe converter.

 

[synbios]

That seems to be a single-rail power supply. It doesn't matter, then, where you connect the PCIe converter.

Yip, it's single rail (33a)

Thanks for the advice.