Jay Dee
10-19-2007, 09:34 AM
Heya
My hubris got the best of me, and im not quite sure what to do right now
I bought a new computer the other day, it has a Corsair 620W PSU (comes with a 24 pin, 8 pin and 4 pin plugs attached, the 24 pin one can be split into a 20 and 4 pin ones)
The mobo is a Gigabyte P35-DS4
It has a 24 pin atx slot, so i put the 24 pin plug there
It also has a 8 pin one that has some sort of plastic gizmo covering 4 of the pins, and no actual 4 pin one
Am i supposed to remove the plastic gizmo and insert the 8 pin plug there or just insert the 4 pin plug in the 4 pins that arent covered up ?
The mobo manual gives conflicting info, and the PSU manual info also conflicts with both the infos given in the mobo manual, so im not quite sure what to do now.
EDIT: This is what the manual says about it :
When using a power supply providing a 2x4 (ie the 8 pin plug) and a 2x12 power connector, remove the protective covers from the 12V power connector and the main power connector on the motherboard. Do not insert the power supply cables into pins under the protective covers when using a power supply providing a 2x2 12V and a 2x10 power connector.
My psu supplies both these sets of connectors....
My hubris got the best of me, and im not quite sure what to do right now
I bought a new computer the other day, it has a Corsair 620W PSU (comes with a 24 pin, 8 pin and 4 pin plugs attached, the 24 pin one can be split into a 20 and 4 pin ones)
The mobo is a Gigabyte P35-DS4
It has a 24 pin atx slot, so i put the 24 pin plug there
It also has a 8 pin one that has some sort of plastic gizmo covering 4 of the pins, and no actual 4 pin one
Am i supposed to remove the plastic gizmo and insert the 8 pin plug there or just insert the 4 pin plug in the 4 pins that arent covered up ?
The mobo manual gives conflicting info, and the PSU manual info also conflicts with both the infos given in the mobo manual, so im not quite sure what to do now.
EDIT: This is what the manual says about it :
When using a power supply providing a 2x4 (ie the 8 pin plug) and a 2x12 power connector, remove the protective covers from the 12V power connector and the main power connector on the motherboard. Do not insert the power supply cables into pins under the protective covers when using a power supply providing a 2x2 12V and a 2x10 power connector.
My psu supplies both these sets of connectors....