How to Connect Your ATX Motherboard Power Cable #pcbuild #Shorts
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Your ATX motherboard needs power. This quick video shows you just how to connect the ATX power cable to your motherboard. Connecting your ATX cable is just one of dozens of things you'll need to do when building a computer, and this Short is taken from a nearly four hour video that walks you step-by-step through the process of building a computer. Here's the link to that video. Bookmark it so you can reference it the next time you build a computer. https://youtu.be/V38NoO2xiVw Or click the link on the video.
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