white wire missing from main connector on power supply

forumposter32 wrote:

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 > My power supply (as pictured up there) has a missing white wire on the
 > connector that goes to the motherboard. What will this do? Does it
 > have to do with the fact it is a dual 12V rail power supply?

The white wire is the -5v, which was eliminated from the ATX
specification some time ago.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 27 May 2005 17:35:42 -0400, forumposter32
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 >http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1419089&CatId=106
 >
 >My power supply (as pictured up there) has a missing white wire on the
 >connector that goes to the motherboard. What will this do? Does it
 >have to do with the fact it is a dual 12V rail power supply?

No, it's probably the -5V, which is seldom if ever used
these days.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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