motherboard power connectors

so i am trying to update my bios on my new z690 mobo, it takes 2 8 pin power connectors for the CPU, i do not have the cpu yet but even when it does arrive its a 13th gen i5, do i need to plug in both power connectors to update the bios?

I have a new motherboard msi x570 edge max and it has a 8 pin and 4 pin cpu power connector. My psu is the Corsair cs750m. Can i use the pci-e 8 pin connector to the 8 pin cpu power connector? Is it the same with the other cable which has a label cpu and it has 4 plus 4 pins and you can combine...

Good day, Motherboards nowadays come with the extra 4 pin ATX power socket together with the regular 8 pin ATX socket. My question is can you buy that extra power cable? Because my power supply originally does not include that cable and I upgraded to a motherboard with that extra 4 pin ATX...

Hi everyone, I ordered a sea-sonic prime plat. 850 w power supply on eBay that came with no cables but was a really good deal about 6 months ago. I also order the supposed OEM cables for it, also on eBay. It came with the sea-sonic bag and everything. I was running an OC’d i7 5960x pulling about...

Hey guys, so, I am not too tech savvy and I will be the first to admit as much. My pc, which I got second hand, has been running just fine for the past half year, but today it decided that it's out. While power seems to be supplied to the computer (things that depend on it for power do light up...

Ever since getting a fanless laptop, I've found it impossible to go back. The processing power might be lower, but it's worth it not having a mini-jet engine sound every time I do a demanding task. I've been using my laptop for the last year and a half (i3 model, not i5), and it works pretty...