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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:19 pm 
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(extra power above and beyond that which is already available on a PCI-E slot - page 4 for the lazy)

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:48 pm 
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Well at least one can find a use for all those extra power connectors that get jammed in an extra 5 1/2 drive bay.

Ew! I don't really approve of the floppy power connector, that could get really messy as usually PSU's come with 2 floppy powers on a single set of wires. That limits the routing of the cable a bit. Would it have killed them to use a ragu molex or even a SATA power cable?

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Yeah, a sata power cable would have been nice.

The last 3 new PSUs I've come across had the floppy connector on the end of 3 molex connectors. That'd make an awful mess of anybody's case cable management scheme.

Pity... I was really looking forward to finding a use for those basically useless 1X PCIe slots. (Maybe it's time to up the spec on them to O/P more power.... :) ).

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I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU :roll:

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Dr_BenD_over wrote:
I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU :roll:


i don't have one on mine. it came with an adapter though. not that i know where that disappeared to.


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Dr_BenD_over wrote:
I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU :roll:


whts a floppy? lol...


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maverick_brent wrote:
Dr_BenD_over wrote:
I don't think I even have a floppy power connector on my PSU :roll:


whts a floppy? lol...


It's a 5 1/4 soft shelled (hence the floppy bit) removable storage device based on the same media as your cassette or 8 track.

The notch on the side only allows it to be written to on one side, however notchers (basically a 1 hole square paper punch) are available turning it into a "Flippy". :)

(They really should have renamed the media when it was no longer flexible.... :) ).

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What? only 5 1/4" disk? Go big or go home with this 8" behemoth!!!

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Heh.... never actually needed to use one of them. :)

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hahah i got a whole box of them flopy disks in my closet all blank. these might be werth something some day. or they might make a comeback!!


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ronedogg wrote:
hahah i got a whole box of them flopy disks in my closet all blank. these might be werth something some day.


My Dad found a box of those at work one time and brought them home for us to laugh at. So I guess they're "worth" a laugh. ;)


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