Help please with 2 issues I ran into last night

Noob Question 1:

I have a Asus motherboard for an I7 860 and a Antek power supply listed below.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131405

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371026


I noticed that 4 of the pins of the 8 pin power connector were capped on the motherboard. Why? Should I pull the cap and still use the standard 8 pin connector?

Noob Question 2:

I noticed that 1 PCI-E lead coming off the power supply was split into 2 at the end. (wires go into connector then anther set come out of that connector and go to another)

Are those 2 connectors off 1 lead good enough to run a 5870 or do I need to run 2 different leads to the card to give it the power it needs?

Number 1 - Yes. To double check, the yellow wires go toward the outside edge of the motherboard.

Number 2 - I do not know if the 5870 uses two 6 pin connectors or a 6 pin and an 8 pin connector. According to the newegg site, your PSU has two 6 pin connectors and two 6+2 pin connectors.

Use a 6+2 connector in an 8 pin PCI-e socket or the 6 pin section by itself in a 6 pin socket. It doesn't matter as long as both video card sockets are connected to the PSU.