>Pentium CPU's require an extra 12V connector, obviously if the board
>isn't capable of using a Pentium then the connector will not be there
>as it won't be used, the wire will be just coiled up and left
>dis-connected.

More than a year ago many mb makers adopted the squarish 4 pin connector to
be used on AMD chips as well.


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"Davy" <davecoe@blueyonder.co-dot-uk.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> At a wild guess some power supplie are 'universal' meaning they will
> work AMD and Pentium CPU's.
>
> Pentium CPU's require an extra 12V connector, obviously if the board
> isn't capable of using a Pentium then the connector will not be there
> as it won't be used, the wire will be just coiled up and left
> dis-connected.
>
> Davy
>