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Was that just an old 160w pico? Think you need one of the newer 200-250w pico's to be able to power anything more than a hard drive and normal motherboard. I think that molex connection sucked too much juice and just smoked the low watt pico.
Not old, brand new.
160w is more than enough. My cpu is only 54w and ssd 2w. Mobo takes 10-30w only. If you read PICO distributors response, it says I plugged molex in wrong place.
No those molex are not power outputs, they are extra power inputs to power the pcie x1 if you don't use powered risers. You don't need to even connect them if you are using power risers, but some people claim the mobo doesnt boot unless there is a power connected to these molex connectors.
