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Doing my first build and have been struggling to get the ATX into the motherboard, I've been trying for 2 days now, I've tried to get help everywhere and everyone just tells me to push harder and wiggle, but I've been constantly pushing as hard as I can to the point the motherboard flexes and I've wiggled it plenty, and this is all the progress I can make. There is a little gap and you can see the clip doesn't get under to engage. Do I have a faulty cable or something? The pins are not bent, I attached a picture of them just to make it clear that is not the issue. This has been making my first build a nightmare, would've been one of the last steps before I can finally use it but I'm stuck because of this shit.

I purchased all the parts myself and built it myself. I can't get it to turn on when everything is connected. I assumed I wasn't getting power so I tested the CPU. I followed the steps in this video. https://youtu.be/sFLth-3q8lo?si=cruK00mjCzeml6H_ I went through the steps of testing the power supply and everything powers up fine until I have to remove the paperclip and plug in the 24 pin connector. I plug it in and press the power button and nothing happens. I'm building in the NZXT H9 Flow and the front panel connectors come as one connector instead of multiple. It is snuggly attached so that doesn't seem to be the issue. Any help is appreciated as I am stuck. If need my parts list is here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/db8N6D. Please note I do not have all 4 ram sticks in. Only 2. I read after I had purchased 4 I should not use all 4 and will return the extra 2. Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone! First time user on the forum! I just had a quick question about how my 24 pin cable looks. Do it look like it's melting to anyone else? I saw some other forum posts on reddit that some cables come with sharpie markings, but this one looks different to me. I could be overreacting, but any advice as to what the problem is and how to fix it would be awesome! Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sCnFFg Build date: May 24th 2023 PC usage: School work and light gaming/game recording (LoL, COD MW2, CS:GO, Diablo 4, and Xdefiant as of yesterday lol) Errors: No noticeable performance issues, no BSOD. Occasionally I'll check HWMonitor during games and I got up to 79C yesterday during a XDefiant load screen, but I checked periodically through the match and it was fine at around 55C Pictures are attached (I took too many because I did not want to have more lol) Thanks everyone!

i swapped out my mobo and cpu and when i went to turn it on nothing happened i checked cable connections and used my psu's self test feature to find out that if the 10 pin part of my 24 pin was unplugged (smaller psu side connection) the self test would work and everything would light up but as soon as i plugged it in and used the self test button nothing happened its a corsair ax1500i psu

I posted this to the PSU section also, hopefully it's not against the rules to post here also - TLDR at the bottom. So I'm helping a friend upgrade his pc, but we ran into an issue with the psu to motherboard cable. The old PSU is only something like 230W so it's way too little to use for a 1050ti (runs off 75w through the pcie slot). I've seen some videos of people splicing together the 16 pin cable with the new 24 pin cable to make it work. But will this be an issue with running the gpu through the graphics card? There's also a load of adapters available, but this seems to be effectively the same thing. The other option is to the use pci cables? While we could go and buy a new motherboard, it's a 1150 socket so they're getting harder to find and it's very much a budget build if possible. Any thoughts? TLDR: I need to connect a PSU with a 24 pin mobo cable, to a 16 pin mobo socket. Is it safe to splice the old and new cable? Will it supply the needed 75w for the 1050ti through pcie? Example of adapter (instead of soldering):

TLDR at the bottom. So I'm helping a friend upgrade his pc, but we ran into an issue with the psu to motherboard cable. The old PSU is only something like 230W so it's way too little to use for a 1050ti (runs off 75w through the pcie slot). I've seen some videos of people splicing together the 16 pin cable with the new 24 pin cable to make it work. But will this be an issue with running the gpu through the graphics card? There's also a load of adapters available, but this seems to be effectively the same thing. The other option is to run pci cables to the mobo slot. While we could go and buy a new motherboard, it's a 1150 socket so they're getting harder to find and it's very much a budget build if possible. Any thoughts? TLDR: I need to connect a PSU with a 24 pin mobo cable, to a 16 pin mobo socket. Is it safe to splice the old and new cable? Will it supply the needed 75w for the 1050ti through pcie? Example of adapter (instead of soldering):

So my buddy built a new computer. Everything seemed to work great! Parts: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600CL16 Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB HDD Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 500 GB Asus GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB TUF GAMING OC Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Platinum 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular NOW initially he had to wait on the 3070, so he used an old R9 270X that I had lying around until the new card came in. He got the card and we did the change over. DDU'ed the old AMD drivers and then put in the new card. When he pressed the power button, the system would not start, no fans or anything. The motherboard LEDs were on (standby mode) but pressing the power button didn't do anything. We checked everything, power connections, switching back to the R9 270X, checking the front panel connectors, putting a screwdriver on the FP pwrsw pins, still no joy. I took another look at it, and what I did specifically was take the 24 pin connector out (I had already checked the connection of course) and put a PSU tester on it (SeaSonic PSU come with one), the psu turns on, fan start, etc. Okay I figured the PSU is fine. I forgot to turn off the psu power before plugging the 24 pin into the mobo. All of a sudden, I press the power button and it turns on. It flashed the bios for a second, then went blank, then it vga led on the board was on. So I turned it off, and the power button again does not turn in the computer. So I did the same steps again: - disconnect 24pin - put tester on it - then plugged it back in. Again It turned back on and got all the way to Windows. Quickly installed drivers for the card, then it seemed to be working fine. He turned it off for the night and when he tried turning it on today, again, the computer does not turn on. He does the same steps that I did: - disconnect 24pin - put tester on it - then plugged it back in. It turns on when you press the power switch. I am at a complete loss at what the deal is. Another buddy of mine said there was a review of SeaSonic PSU's where the PSU overcurrent protection was getting tripped. So I am posting this here to see if there are others having a similar issue? Is is the PSU that is the culprit? Please let me know!

I took My PC for a cleanup as I hadn't cleaned in it for years. While I was half way up I suddenly found one wire (white) of that 24 pin connector from the PSU cut in almost two equal halves. I don't remember if it was like that always. May be it was too brittle and snapped into two while I was cleaning. I just turned on the power to the PSU and the power on sound from the PSU did turn on but no power indication on the motherboard was on. Is it supposed to be like that (I am sure it's not). How should I fix it? Should I just connect both ends after stripping the insulator and tape it? Or should I replace the PSU (which would take a really long time to do as lockdown is on)?

So i got a Compaq prebuilt that works fine but it has a Bestec 250 watt power supply with a 20 pin motherboard connector with a 24 pin motherboard, should I continue using it with this power supply or replace it with an Orion P4-485 power supply that has a 24 pin connector? It's a battle of bad power supplies...

I have finished sleeving my psu and it is not working. I have been able to figure out that it is only the 24 pin connector that is not working properly. However I have used a multimeter to figure out that all of the voltages are correct. My power supply is a semi modular cx 750 m.

Hey there. I posted about this issue the other day, but with far less information. After some digging I have narrowed the problem down significantly, but still don't have answer. I have a server PC I run here at home, its a low power system but for whatever reason my old Thermaltake 450w PSU cannot power everything when I have both HDD's plugged in (one is fine). So I use my Corsair CX500M, and on the first boot after installing it works great and runs for several days. After powering down for a night, in the morning the system will turn on, but no display or beeps (integrated video). At very random times it will boot and be fine (although far less successful as of late). Whenever I hook up the Thermaltake PSU its fine. So in order to narrow this down I used both PSU's together. I ended up powering the motherboard off of the Thermaltake PSU, and the CPU and HDD's off of the Corsair. No problem and it ran for 2 days. When I tried it the opposite way, could not get it to boot. I hooked up another motherboard with a different CPU and set of RAM and it was the exact same way. I could even power my old Radeon 7870 off of the Corsair PSU without an issue. The only time it has problems is when the Corsair is plugged into the 24 pin slot. So all of this to ask, is there a possibility that this PSU isn't delivering power properly only on the 24pin cable? Or could it be an issue with the adapter itself? I have considered putting the 24pin adapter from the Thermaltake and putting it on the Corsair, but I would rather not do that if possible. Anyone have some other suggestions?

I have an ugly asus h110plus Mobo and it’s the worst motherboard I ever bought. I removed everything from it and then the 24 pin. It was stuck! The lever was off and everything but it just wouldn’t pull! I bought an m.2 and a new Mobo but now I just have this 24 pin stuck on it and the board is dangling there. Any suggestions on to get it off?

hi i was wondering how many cable combs i need for my build. this is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D7P6MZ i am getting a custom loop so that why there isn't a cooler.

Hello, A few days ago i bought a defective Dell Precision T3500. The seller said that the PC has a defective powersupply or for the guys that know the Dell Workstations very well a PB10 Error. I have disassembled the whole system to replace the whole powersupply with a 500 Watt 80 Plus gold one from Lenovo. After closer inspection i noticed that there is moisture in the case. Since i am a person that is very careful regarding things like these, i found out that one pin of the 24 Pin ATX connectors was blown, possibly short circuit thorugh that moisture. We tried to fix the Mainboard by removing every single bit of that burnt crust that was inside the area of the blown pin and fill up the the with soldering iron. We made sure that no solder touches the other pins. After we made sure that the moisture vaporized (I put those on the heater, turned to the highest level for 24hrs) the parts that you can‘t disassemble, we put back everything together and tried turning it on again but we still get the same error. Since i need a workstation ASAP and as cheap as possible i would like know if there is anyway to fix that thing. Would appreciate every answer! I will upload a picture of the blown area when i find a picture EDIT: My grandpa told me that we replaced the inside of the pin too, with a copper wire, since the other one was not existent.

https://www.amazon.com/Eyeboot-24-Pin-Female-Splitter-Power/dp/B018B7HCAO?tag=linus21-20 Will this work? On dual system Atx and itx motherboard?

Probably gonna sound stupid asking this but, 20+4 Pin MOBO cable fits into a 24 Pin mobo right? Because from googling I have learned that it works for some and does not work for others and now I am confused Thanks for helping

Howdy. Can you please give me some advice about my motherboard? I'm using the Asus P5Q ; http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5Q/ And my power supply is the CX600M by Corsair As you can see via the Asus link, the 24pin motherboard power is on the left hand side of the damn motherboard. This means I have to put the 24 pin cable all the way across the motherboard in order to give it power, and it looks really messy through my case side panel window. I was wondering if anyone has experienced a similar problem and maybe resolved it. I tried routing the 24 pin cable from the top of the mobo down but it's too short. So the cable goes from the right side to the left side of the motherboard into the connector making a mess. Please, help! Thanks.

I am looking at supplies for doing some custom cables and in the process of doing so I have found some aftermarket connectors that are colored to match the sleeve, but they have wings that I think are unnecessary. I was wondering why are the wings there, are they for extensions. Also, who sells some good connectors that aren't black, don't have wings, and are not transparent. A lot to ask for, but I appreciate it.

I'm just wondering if anyone has ever wired their power directly to the MB. Something like this is what I'm thinking of:

Okay so long story short, my friends power supply stopped working so I said to send it back to EVGA. I said send it back as if you were selling it on ebay or something so they will have no problem fixing it. So he sends it without the cables and just sent the unit off, they come back with a 'newer version' today and apparently the motherboard pin doesn't fit in the slot... see pictures that he sent me... I have no idea what he is on about, I thought that all power cables were exactly the same and have been for years, I don't think I'm wrong here. He originally had this one http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=120-G1-0750-XR And they sent him back the newer version, and apparently it the 24 pin cable doesn't fit in the power supply http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=220-G2-0750-XR