Zotac Ion Boards

[Jokester]

Just trying to figure out how these are powered, I see they come with a DC power supply that presumably connects in the back. But can they be powered by an interal PSU?

I see they don't have a ATX socket, but they look like they have a molex socket, can this be used to power it?

 

[N19h7m4r3]

it's powered by the DC powersupply as far as I know.

The molex is used to power your Sata drives and Zotac supplies you with the molex -2 sata power for that.

Here's the AnandTech review on it, with the page metioning the power supply and molex.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3562&p=2

 

[surfermc]

It depends on which model you are looking at.

The Zotac ION A has an external power supply and no ATX connector. The Molex socket of for output from the onboard power supply and is used to drive HDD, CD etc.

The Zotact ION B has an ATX connector and could be driven by an internal PSU.