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Clinton A Worley <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 Mar 2003 05:34:05 -0500
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The AT style power connectors normally go side by side with the
black wires from each sitting next to each other.
The pins it plugs into will be in a straight line and not a double row
like the ATX style.
Clint

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:41:41 +1300 Ian <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I'm working on an Aptiva, type 2176, model Z31.  It's probably about
> 3-4 yrs
> old, I'd guess.
>
> The power supply is an AT type, one which I haven't had much to do
> with.
>
> I note that it has four output power connectors which lead to the
> motherboard - there are the usual two which sit side by side in a
> bank, then
> there are two others, each containing 3 orange and 3 black wires.
> This
> Aptiva has a kind of secondary motherboard, so maybe that explains
> the extra
> two power leads, as one of them connects to the main board and the
> second to
> the subsidiary board.
>
> My question is:  Does a normal AT power supply only have two output
> power
> plugs?  Or do all AT supplies have four like this one?
>
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
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