Issue with my computer's power supply.

billwill

So I just bought a new graphics card (HD 6850) and power supply (Corsair Builder Series 430 watts) for my three year old computer.

I tried to put it in myself but I couldn't so I had a guy come over and try it for me. He plugged everything in but there was a slight problem at the end; he said the power supply connects with a 24-pin connector AND a 4-pin connector to my motherboard. Unfortunately, he said, my power supply only has the 24-pin connector. We tried it anyway but it didn't work.

Is there anyway around this? It seems like a big oversight from Corsair. Or do I have to buy an entirely new power supply? Also, if I do have to buy a new one, how can I ensure it has both a 24-pin and a 4-pin connector?

Thanks so much.

(This is the model I got, to be precise: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2T2TM).

Ego

I'm not familiar with the specific model, but that would indeed be a very large failing for a corsair PSU. The corsair website lists the model as having 3 4-pin ATX connectors, but... well, obviously you'd see them if they're on there somewhere. So that's really odd.

You can get molex-to-4-pin adapters, which might service you, but I've never used them.

Donovan Puppyfucker

Looking at it in the pictures on Newegg, it appears to have an EPS 4+4 pin power plug. You can pull that in half and use 4 pins for your mobos 4 pin CPU power socket.

billwill

Thanks chrishallett83. I was actually just on here to say I did just that; I decided to poke around and I saw that the 8-pin connector split in two. And it works!

Except there's one small problem: The screen is displaying with a black border around it. It's about an inch in all directions but my settings still says it's displaying at 1920 x 1080.

How do I get it to go away?

Raern

Is your monitor connected via an analog or digital connection? If it's analog (the old VGA D-Sub style plug ot DVI-A which is usually converted to a VGA plug with an adapter) then you might need to mess with something on the monitor itself. Mine has a simple 'auto-adjust' button that makes sure the screen and image are fitting as neatly as possible.

When you say the settings say it's at 1920x1080, do you mean in windows or on the monitor? It's possible the PC is sending a lower resolution and the monitor is set to centre it rather than stretch to cover the full area. Best solution is to turn the resolution up on your computer if that's the case.

finalflight89

If you're using an HDMI connection, you might need to adjust the overscan settings in your video card driver's settings.

billwill

I actually checked the resolution that the computer is sending and it is indeed 1920 x 1080.

I tried to open Catalyst but it's just not opening now. =/ The little cursor even acts like it's loading it for a second but then poof! Nothing happens. I've even tried restarting multiple times.

Pariel

Check the bottom right corner (you may need to open the little menu with hidden programs).

Catalyst probably starts minimized.

Essee

billwill wrote:

I actually checked the resolution that the computer is sending and it is indeed 1920 x 1080.

I tried to open Catalyst but it's just not opening now. =/ The little cursor even acts like it's loading it for a second but then poof! Nothing happens. I've even tried restarting multiple times.

Are you using a regular monitor or an HDTV (presuming we're talking using a DVI/HDMI cable here and NOT VGA/D-SUB)? Because that sounds a lot like the same problem I've had on the TVs we've used as monitors with an ATi card of mine (but maybe it would happen on anything besides my laptop's screen). In fact, I just dealt with this yesterday. When you get into the Catalyst Control Center (did you use Driver Sweeper or otherwise fully remove your previous drivers before installing and updating the new drivers/CCC? Changing graphics cards and not carefully removing the previous drivers can cause all sorts of funkiness for no reason) make sure your computer isn't trying to output to the monitor at anything but 60 Hz, because changing it from 59 Hz (which it had chosen automatically for no reason) to 60 Hz made it display fullscreen on the TV again, in proper 1080p, instead of centered with a border.