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4-pin or 8-pin on Maximus Formula?

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Gripp

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Sep 16, 2007
its been a few years since i've built a system and I dont remember anything about any extra connectors here but...

in addition to the 24-pin for the mobo there is a 8-pin by the CPU, which i gather provides additional power to the CPU, but on my Asus Maximus Formula 4 of the pins are covered

i have a Q6600 G0 and i'm wondering if i need to uncover the other 4 and use the 8 pin?
my power supply does have an 8-pin that is just floating in my case right now...
lol, or is there maybe a 3rd connection that i'm missing here...

thanks
 
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