- Jun 27, 2017
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Hello,
I got myself an asus strix gtx 1080 ti graphics card.
Upgraded from a gtx 670. As a noob at installing new graphix cards,
i ran into a problem with the cables from the PSU to the gpu.
My 670 used 2 x 6-pin PCI-e cables. The new card comes with 2x8-pin PCI-e connections.
Now what i did wrong was trying to plug the 2x4 ATX 12v plug into one of the PCI-e sockets.
The card had a 2x6 -> 8 pin crossover with it and that i used for the second socket.
I noticed that the 4pin with the wrong keying didn't exactly fit and ended up half way into the socket.
I decided to try it out and when trying to power on the PC, nothing happened
(the power indication lights on the strix were both white).
So i checked myself, googled it, and found out that I should check what i am doing before actually
doing anything so risky. I am using the Seasonic S2II bronze 620W PSU. Found out mine has a
6+2 pcie connector which i now plugged into one of the 8 pin pcie sockets and then got a
6-pin to 8pin crossover for the other socket. To my relief the PC now started and at least so far
the 1080ti seems to be working fine (decent 3dmark scores, etc).
My questions:
1) Should i be worried that i caused my 1080ti some damage that might not come out instantly?
I read people have instantly fried their MoBos and other parts of their pc-s by plugging pcie into
an atx 12v socket but it is much harder to do it the other way around unless using a lot of force.
2) I have read the 6pin to 8pin pcie crossover is a bad thing to use and i was surprised i didnt
have 2x 6+2 pin connectors out of the box with this PSU. Should i upgrade my PSU for the GPU
or i am good having 6+2 pin connector and a 6->8 Pin PCIe crossover?
Thanks in advance!
I got myself an asus strix gtx 1080 ti graphics card.
Upgraded from a gtx 670. As a noob at installing new graphix cards,
i ran into a problem with the cables from the PSU to the gpu.
My 670 used 2 x 6-pin PCI-e cables. The new card comes with 2x8-pin PCI-e connections.
Now what i did wrong was trying to plug the 2x4 ATX 12v plug into one of the PCI-e sockets.
The card had a 2x6 -> 8 pin crossover with it and that i used for the second socket.
I noticed that the 4pin with the wrong keying didn't exactly fit and ended up half way into the socket.
I decided to try it out and when trying to power on the PC, nothing happened
(the power indication lights on the strix were both white).
So i checked myself, googled it, and found out that I should check what i am doing before actually
doing anything so risky. I am using the Seasonic S2II bronze 620W PSU. Found out mine has a
6+2 pcie connector which i now plugged into one of the 8 pin pcie sockets and then got a
6-pin to 8pin crossover for the other socket. To my relief the PC now started and at least so far
the 1080ti seems to be working fine (decent 3dmark scores, etc).
My questions:
1) Should i be worried that i caused my 1080ti some damage that might not come out instantly?
I read people have instantly fried their MoBos and other parts of their pc-s by plugging pcie into
an atx 12v socket but it is much harder to do it the other way around unless using a lot of force.
2) I have read the 6pin to 8pin pcie crossover is a bad thing to use and i was surprised i didnt
have 2x 6+2 pin connectors out of the box with this PSU. Should i upgrade my PSU for the GPU
or i am good having 6+2 pin connector and a 6->8 Pin PCIe crossover?
Thanks in advance!
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