How To Windows Molex 4 pin Peripheral Power Connector Pinout Pinout for the Standard 4 Pin Molex Peripheral Power Connector Share Pin Email Print Wikimedia Commons Windows Guides & Tutorials Drivers & Hardware Customizing File & Folder Management Users & Accounts Drive Management System & Security Basics Installing & Upgrading Tips & Tricks Key Concepts by Tim Fisher Updated July 12, 2017 The Molex 4 pin power supply connector is one of the standard peripheral power connectors in computers today. The power connector itself is a Molex 8981 connector called the AMP MATE-N-LOK.This power connector is the standard connector for all PATA based hard drives, many high-end video cards, and some older optical drives and other internal devices.Below is the pinout for the standard Molex 4 pin peripheral power connector as of Version 2.2 of the ATX Specification (PDF). Note: If you're using this pinout table to test power supply voltages, be aware that the voltages must be within ATX specified tolerances.You can see other ATX power supply connector pinouts in my ATX Power Supply Pinout Tables list.Molex 4 pin Peripheral Power Connector Pinout (ATX v2.2)PinNameColorDescription1+12VDCYellow+12 VDC2COMBlackGround3COMBlackGround4+5VDCRed+5 VDC Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Share Pin Email Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit Continue Reading