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Motherboard Connection Conundrum

bentbent Registered User regular
edited December 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm at the end of building my new PC, I recently upgraded the PSU on my old computer to a beefier 800w one. However my new motherboard needs a 24pin power connection and an 8 pin one too, yet I only have a four pin. I've tried it, and I get a continually intermittant POST beeping.

So what I'm asking is, will a 4 to 8 pin converter cable suffice or am I looking at buying a new PSU?

(the motherboard is an ASRock M3A790GXH/128M and the PSU is an ezcool PS-1000)

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  • bentbent Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Never mind! The problem seems to be my graphics card, it's running fine off a four pin connector.

    Fuck, the problem is my graphics card.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    bent wrote: »
    Never mind! The problem seems to be my graphics card, it's running fine off a four pin connector.

    Fuck, the problem is my graphics card.

    It wont run fine if it's PCI-E and you're trying to do that. You're risking damage to just about everything by running it on what it's not designed for.

    That being said, you should get the right parts.

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  • bentbent Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I meant the motherboard's running fine off a four-pin connector. It says it's alright in the manual, so I'm not too worried about it. Turns out I'm a fucking moron, and forgot to plug one of two six-pin connectors into the card and that was giving me the POST error.

    I'm posting off the computer now!

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