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Sorry, I meant 8.

It actually had only a 6. I’m going to assume that’s fine as well?

I got a new motherboard recently and this is the CPU power connector design: I’ve not seen this design before. Currently I don’t have a cable set up from my PSU to supply the 4 pin connector. Is this just for extra power or is it necessary? I’ll be running an 8086k overclocked so I don’t think I need the extra power.

Definitely. Interesting to see, though, glad AsRock is trying to innovate.

Those seem to be semi-modular, meaning you can't swap most of the cables. They're also cheap enough I wouldn't risk it, as they might be wired differently.

What PSUs, specifically? It depends, though if they were modular it will probably be OK.

Then it depends on the CPU. Some CPUs support DDR3 and some DDR4. Which CPU do you have?

I mean, I guess... A decent RGB strip is $30 so this isn't a huge step up.

I hadn't folded in a while and figured I might as well get back into it to help boost up LTT and, of course, do some good with my idle hardware. Also, I love the badge they gave out! Thanks for doing this giveaway, great way to inspire people to get involved in the future! edit: image got deleted somehow so I put it back

They do? I'll ask. I got a lot of the stuff in there from them anyways so might be good. Thanks for the tip!

It doesn't. I can't watch for POST codes because it POSTs fine, the BIOS works and I can even start a windows install if I want. The problem is that it randomly shuts down after a short time. I'm probably just gonna start the Micro Center warranty process on the mobo anyway, since it's the most likely issue.

I can't get into windows to see HWINFO.

Any thoughts on other possible causes?

I have no idea about GPU temps now, but I ran it in my old pc for 2 months with no issues. PSU might be it. I talked to someone about it irl and they seemed confident it was the mobo, which does seem to be a fairly common part to fail. Second opinion?

@Cereal5 Tried the BIOS reset, no change. I have noticed something strange. I left the PC overnight and it ran for quite a while (5mins) before shutdown. Then back to normal times. The issue seems to take longer to occur based on the time between shutdowns, leading me to think it might have to do with either overheating or some kind of battery that charges. I don’t know what could be overheating, CPU temps are around 30C. Its possible the CMOS battery could be faulty but I have no idea whether that could cause a shutdown or not.