Hello,
I’m just finishing up my first build (a video editing workstation), I’ve been connecting cables, and I have a few odd bits left over, and a few questions. First, here is my build:
Asus P8P67 B3 Pro Motherboard
I7 2600K CPU
8Gb DDr3 1600 Ram
Nvidia Quadro 600 GPU
Apevia 500W
PSUAsus DVD/CD drive
Hitacho 500Gb Boot drive
WD 1.5 TB internal Drive
Cooler Master 430 Case
So I understand the extra “legacy” cables and connectors, but there seem to be two power cable sockets built into the mobo. One is a 24-pin marked EATXPOWER and I filled it with a 20-pin plug and a 4-pin plug. The other socket on the mobo is in the upper left corner marked EATX12V and is an 8-pin. I have two cables coming from the power supply, one has a 4-pin plug that will plug into the 8-pin socket, one has a 6-pin plug that doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. Do I plug in the 4-pin and bundle the 6-pin with the rest of the unused cables?
I was expecting some kind of power feed to the GPU, but there doesn’t seem to be a socket. Or am I just not seeing it?
There were a couple of ribbon data cables in the Motherboard box that aren’t mentioned in the manual. One is about 2 ½” long with sockets on both ends, the other is about a foot long and 2” wide. What do I do with these? (I know, but don’t go there)
Thanks for your help and advice,
Tim
I’m just finishing up my first build (a video editing workstation), I’ve been connecting cables, and I have a few odd bits left over, and a few questions. First, here is my build:
Asus P8P67 B3 Pro Motherboard
I7 2600K CPU
8Gb DDr3 1600 Ram
Nvidia Quadro 600 GPU
Apevia 500W
PSUAsus DVD/CD drive
Hitacho 500Gb Boot drive
WD 1.5 TB internal Drive
Cooler Master 430 Case
So I understand the extra “legacy” cables and connectors, but there seem to be two power cable sockets built into the mobo. One is a 24-pin marked EATXPOWER and I filled it with a 20-pin plug and a 4-pin plug. The other socket on the mobo is in the upper left corner marked EATX12V and is an 8-pin. I have two cables coming from the power supply, one has a 4-pin plug that will plug into the 8-pin socket, one has a 6-pin plug that doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. Do I plug in the 4-pin and bundle the 6-pin with the rest of the unused cables?
I was expecting some kind of power feed to the GPU, but there doesn’t seem to be a socket. Or am I just not seeing it?
There were a couple of ribbon data cables in the Motherboard box that aren’t mentioned in the manual. One is about 2 ½” long with sockets on both ends, the other is about a foot long and 2” wide. What do I do with these? (I know, but don’t go there)
Thanks for your help and advice,
Tim