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Question

Corsair VS500 Power Supply

Aug 17, 2017 8:18PM PDT

I have an Asus A55BM-Plus Motherboard and my power supply went out. So, after researching for a quiet power supply I bought the Corsair VS500 PS. When I went to install it I see that there is no 4 pin 12volt plug on it that would plug into the ATX12V socket. Am I out of luck getting this PS to adapt to this Motherboard? The documentation indicated that the PS is ATX compatable but I'm guessing that there are several ATX versions. Looking through the manual that came with Motherboard, I do not see what version that particular Motherboard is.

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Answer
Power supply
Aug 17, 2017 9:14PM PDT

It looks like that psu comes with two 4 pin plugs connected together for the eps connection.

Detach 4 of the pins from the plug and use that.

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clarification
Aug 18, 2017 9:49PM PDT

Thanks Bob_B. I did find a plug that comes apart and becomes 2 - 4 pin plugs. That plug is labeled as a CPU plug. There are 2 other 8 pin plugs that are labled PCI-E. I assume those are for video cards that need power from the power supply. As far as taking apart the one labeled CPU can I assume that both halves are the same and that they are 12V.

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Without being able to look at it
Aug 18, 2017 9:56PM PDT

I'll guess yes, the cpu plug is 2 equal halves.

The pcie plugs are for video cards.