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Pinout for the standard 4-Pin Molex peripheral power connector

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The Molex 4-pin power supply connector is one of the standard peripheral power connectors in computers today. The power connector itself is a Molex 8981 connector called the AMP MATE-N-LOK.

Below is the pinout for the standard Molex 4-pin peripheral power connector as of Version 2.2 of the ATX Specification (PDF).

If you're using this pinout table to test power supply voltages, be aware that the voltages must be within ATX specified tolerances.

Molex connectors provide power to the various parts of a computer, such as the motherboard, fans, floppy drive and disc drive, and more.

The Molex 4-pin power supply connector is the standard connector for all PATA based hard drives, many high-end video cards, and some older optical drives and other internal devices.

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