Need help with cpu power connector

123kid · Jul 1, 2013

Hi all i need help hooking the cpu power connector this is my mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130693&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-

my power unit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207014&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-

the mobo has a 8 pin and the power unit has a two 6 + 2 cords which the the 6 hooks up but not the 2 which is really irking me so any advice would be more then welcomed

Tradesman1 · Jul 1, 2013

the six + 2 are for PCI-E cards - not your ATX connector...if you don't have an 4+4 connector to fill the ATX, look for a 4 Pin by itself and try it to the left side connections when facing the retaining clip of the plugin of the mobo

Dhamilton · Jul 1, 2013

I believe you are trying to connect the PCIe power connecter in this slot, which is incorrect.
In the picture of your PSU i see 2, 4 pin connectors. These are the connectors you want to use.

123kid · Jul 1, 2013

even though the motherboard has 8 pins?

Tradesman1 · Jul 1, 2013

Yes, some mobos only take a 4 pin, which is why yours is 4+4, others take an 8 though generally the single 4 is sufficient if that's all the PSU has, if it was all you had and the mobo REQUIRED a full 8, would have to go shopping

123kid · Jul 1, 2013

ok i got it figured out and sorted those all out and now it still wont turn on?

bucknutty · Jul 1, 2013

If you look carefully one of the 4 pins has a little shoulder that slots with the other 4 pin to make them into a 8pin. Its exactly like the 4pin and 20pin main power connecter to make a 24 pin connector. Don't worry about plugging it in, all of the power wires on the PSU are "keyed" so they can only fit into the correct slot, and there is no way to plug then in wrong or backwards. If it fits its correct.

Many lower voltage boards or older boards only need 1 4 pin connector.

bucknutty · Jul 1, 2013

Make sure you have your power button and reset button plugged into the board correctly. Double check your manual because those pins are tiny.

123kid · Jul 1, 2013

just checked and still nothing

Dhamilton · Jul 1, 2013

Have you connected the CPU fan to the MB header as well?

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