Antec truepower supply connection questions

[sterling]

HI

I bought a Antec Power supply and Im baffled by all the connections.

Can someone tell me what the 6 pin auxilliary power connector is used for?? I dont see
a connection for it on the motherboard.

Also, there is four long bundles of wires. 2 of the bundles have power connections for floppies and they each have 2 4 pin power connectors. Are u supposed to use a different bundle for each device? Or just use just enough bundles to hook up your devices and then tie the unused ones up and out of the way?

Also, Antec supplies two 4 pin fans with the case. Each one of these fans has one female and one male can u tell me why this is? I was planning on running them off the power supply.
Antecs directions are horrific!!!

thanks in advance

 

[tracerbullet]

You got me on the 6 pin one. It looks like half of an old AT setup, I'd like to hear an answer on it too.

The bundles - you choose as needed what plugs where and tie the rest out of the way. I do try to spread the load out a little, but they're essentially all connected to the same place, and the wire thickness is more than enough to handle a few devices on a single bundle. Think of it this way - it wouldn't be there if it couldn't handle it.

The fans are like that so that they can be used "pass through", that way you don't waste a connection on a fan that you'd rather have on a hard drive for example. Wire goes to the fan, but doesn't have to stop there - the second fan connection can keep it going if needed for a long chain.

 

[psiu]

The 6 pin is an auxiliary power plug. Mostly for servers I gather. From my extensive 5 minutes of research on google. The only reason I knew is because a friend and I built a computer using the Sonata and I also got a TruePower for my computer and we were wondering the same thing.

 

[Gravity]

Is it a quiet case?

 

[RockV]

The ATX formfactor defines the design of the motherboard, case and power supply.

The power cables that you are seeing in the Antec Power supply are required to be provided by ATX specifications.
These ATX specifications have been revised from time to time. They only specify what power connections are to be provided and not which power must be used.

Various motherboards require use of certain power connections and some don't.

 

[warath]

On the TruePower's it is better to try and spread out the load from each buddle, since each buddle is regulated individually (at least that is what Antec says on their site), which is what makes their power supply so stable. I use to get blue screens, and once I replaced my power supply with a larger, and TruePower 550, its not crashed since! (4 HD, 2 CD-Rom, dual MP 1800+, and lots of fans )

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: warath
On the TruePower's it is better to try and spread out the load from each buddle, since each buddle is regulated individually (at least that is what Antec says on their site), which is what makes their power supply so stable. I use to get blue screens, and once I replaced my power supply with a larger, and TruePower 550, its not crashed since! (4 HD, 2 CD-Rom, dual MP 1800+, and lots of fans )

Not quite. Each bundle of wires is not regulated individually. The 3.3v, 5.0v and 12.0v lines ARE regulated individually (i.e. the voltage regulators/capacitors on each line). This is so that if you have a lot of draw on say, the 5v line, it won't drag down the other lines which can happen in a regular ATX power supply.


STERLING,
Just match up the appropriate connector from the PS with whatever the device needs. The ATX form factor is pretty idiot-proof. Connectors are either keyed or shaped so that they can only be inserted one way. Go for it.

 

[sterling]

HI All

Do we have a consensus yet? Im only using one hard drive, one cdrw and one floppy should i distribute them evenly between bundles wires or should I only use one bundle which will power one floppy , cdrom and hard drive?

Building computers is frustrating especially if your using an Antec case. I cant believe i cant mount my modem into the case. The us robotics modems back wont fit through the cutouts on the back of the Antec case. Unbelieivably stupid. I dont know if this is Antec fault or USR. My old USR I took out fits fine. Have u guys ever had to cut the back off a modem to make it fit the case?

thanks

 

[tracerbullet]

The consensus is it doesn't matter where you plug things in, just do it. You can't go wrong. Now go build and quit worrying.

Cases are pretty standardized, if you're modem doesn't fit, it's a goofy modem then. I've owned several Antecs and never had any such issues.

 

[MichaelD]

Just use whatever connectors off of whatever bundle. They all go to the same place. I replied in your USR thread in GH, but I'll say it again here. I think you're doing something wrong. The bracket doesn't go THRU the case and stick out the back, like some PCI slot covers do, it fits down into a skinny slot "behind" the mobo. Wiggle the card; it'll go in. (that's what she said....)