What are these plugs?

[aimeeandbeatles]

ok, so im on the floor looking in my computer -- it has a see-through case,. And on the inside, there's a few unplugged plugs. The one I can see best is white, has 4 pinholes, about an inch wide.
I think it may be a spare IDE cable, is that correct?

Thanks. Just curious.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

You're gonna have to provide pictures if you want anyone to answer you concretely, but I think you're referring to a 4-pin power connector, commonly used for AGP cards and floppy drives.

IDE cables have either 40 wires (for old cables) or 80 (for newer ones). And they're about 2 inches wide.

EDIT--
Does it look like this:

If so, that is indeed a Floppy power connector.

 

[Speedo]

1 inch would be a bit larger than the floppy connector. Was probably a molex power connector. It's the standard connector used to power peripherals (non-SATA hard drives, CD/DVD drives, fans, any [non-PCIe] addin cards that need external power, etc).

 

[Genocidicbunny]

1 inch would be a bit larger than the floppy connector. Was probably a molex power connector. It's the standard connector used to power peripherals (non-SATA hard drives, CD/DVD drives, fans, any [non-PCIe] addin cards that need external power, etc).

D'oh, you are correct. It could be that as well.

I've got a SATA hdd that only has a Molex power connector btw, so its not only non-SATA HDD's. For the most part though, you are correct.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

EDIT--
Does it look like this:

If so, that is indeed a Floppy power connector.

It looks like that, except its white and the holes are a little smaller.

I don't have a floppy drive in my computer, though.

 

[Turner]

Does it look like the one Speedo posted?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Does it look like the one Speedo posted?

Yes, it does. Exactly.

 

[Speedo]

I've got a SATA hdd that only has a Molex power connector btw, so its not only non-SATA HDD's. For the most part though, you are correct.

The very-first gen SATA HDDs used molex connectors, and I think a handful of drives could use either/or molex or SATA power connectors. Almost all native SATA drives (probably most of those made since '04-05) will use the SATA connector, since it's required for things like hotplugging.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

It looks like that, except its white and the holes are a little smaller.

I don't have a floppy drive in my computer, though.

Holes on a molex connector are bigger than on an FDD connector btw