Ps/u + Motherboard = ?

[Mvard]

Okay is it just me or is the 4+4 pin CPU power lead plugs not match up with the corresponding socket on my motherboard.... I'm in the process of wiring up my computer and I don't want to fry anything due to my negligence. I tried to highlight the shapes on one side of the plug, while the other has completely the same shape. Help would be greatly appreciated. 

[Maslofski]

you mean the CPU 8pin?

[Mvard]

you mean the CPU 8pin?

 

Yes, but its not a concrete 8 pin.

[RazerZ]

hint:

 

4+4=8

[Mvard]

I know that, but if i put them together, as an 8 pin, the pinholes dont line up with the corresponding socket on my motherboard. 

hint:

 

4+4=8

 

[RazerZ]

They should, your alignment is off.

[Godlygamer23]

I know that, but if i put them together, as an 8 pin, the pinholes dont line up with the corresponding socket on my motherboard.

What power supply do you have?

[GoldSrc]

Careful with that, the 8pin for the CPU is electrically different than the 8pin for the video card.

If those don't match, don't force them, you could destroy your motherboard.

[CalculuS]

Careful with that, the 8pin for the CPU is electrically different than the 8pin for the video card.

If those don't match, don't force them, you could destroy your motherboard.

 

This depends on the PSU but in general its safer to just use the 4+4 pin. One friend of me once used a 6pin for the 8pin socket and it bend the prong in the mobo.

[RazerZ]

Careful with that, the 8pin for the CPU is electrically different than the 8pin for the video card.

If those don't match, don't force them, you could destroy your motherboard.

Modern PSUs either have a eight pin connector for the graphics card as either one piece, or a 6 pin + 2 pin. What he pictured was the cable for the motherboard as it has a 4+4 connection.

[Godlygamer23]

This depends on the PSU but in general its safer to just use the 4+4 pin. One friend of me once used a 6pin for the 8pin socket and it bend the prong in the mobo.

The pin assignments are different for video cards. An eight pin for a CPU is known as an EPS connector. For a video card, it's a PCIe connector. A six pin and an eight pin connector are exactly the same, except the eight pin connector has two ground pins to stabilize the extra current. The eight pin EPS connector is not the same as the eight pin PCIe connector. The pin assignments are different and the connector shapes are different.

 

[CalculuS]

The pin assignments are different for video cards. An eight pin for a CPU is known as an EPS connector. For a video card, it's a PCIe connector. A six pin and an eight pin connector are exactly the same, except the eight pin connector has two ground pins to stabilize the extra current. The eight pin EPS connector is not the same as the eight pin PCIe connector. The pin assignments are different and the connector shapes are different.

 

Don't ask me how he did it. He probably forced it. Also he used a 6pin PCIE into the 8 pin cpu connector, apparently fit and 6pins is enough for a fx 8350.

[Godlygamer23]

Don't ask me how he did it. He probably forced it.

He would've had to force it. Even if it worked, the board would be destroyed.

 

[GoldSrc]

This depends on the PSU but in general its safer to just use the 4+4 pin. One friend of me once used a 6pin for the 8pin socket and it bend the prong in the mobo.

No, you can't do that, the positive side of the 8pin CPU is on the negative side of the 8pin for a video card.

You could probably force it reversed, but I wouldn't try it.

 

 

Modern PSUs either have a eight pin connector for the graphics card as either one piece, or a 6 pin + 2 pin. What he pictured was the cable for the motherboard as it has a 4+4 connection.

Still, if you don't know what you're doing you could destroy your motherboard.