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Motherboard connector help

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by federerr, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. federerr

    federerr Member

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    ive just got a s/pdif connector which has 3 wires on it, red,white,black. on my motherboard theres 3 pins, I was just wondering out of the three coloured wires which is the +5v?

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    sammorris Senior member

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    It would usually be red.
     
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  3. federerr

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    if it turns out to be the white will it break my computer in any way?

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    Quite possibly.
     
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    laffff

    Red is +5
    white is -5
     
    pcrepair, Jul 30, 2007
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  6. federerr

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    ok cheers guys will give it a go
     
    federerr, Jul 30, 2007
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