8 pin power connector issues??

[asylace]

Okay, so I bought an 8 pin power connector a little while ago and just now decided to use it. My motherboard (ASRock A320M) has a power connector slot for an 8 pin power connector. But when I plugged it in and started playing Paladins, within literally 10 minutes, my entire computer shut down. When I was only using a 4 pin in the 8 pin slot, I never had this problem. Could it be just the cord itself? Why did this happen?

 

[clutchc]

Might be a loose connection on one of the adapter's wires. Might be that the adapter uses such small wire guage that the voltage dropped too much. Are you going from a 4 pin from the PSU to the 8 pin header with an adapter? Am I understanding this correctly?

 

[asylace]

The cord that I have is a 4 pin molex male to 8 pin eps 12v converter. So basically yes. I am using an adapter. I thought that everything was plugged in okay. Should I give full specs for clearance? When I don't play any games, the computer seems to be just fine. But when I do, it just magically poofed and I had to turn it back on. I'm now literally scared and am thinking about just removing the 8 pin I bought. I am running a dual core AM4 chip and I read that if you are running a dual core, there really is no need for an 8 pin, but I wanted to get it any way to make sure there was sufficient power.

 

[clutchc]

The cord that I have is a 4 pin molex male to 8 pin eps 12v converter. So basically yes. I am using an adapter. I thought that everything was plugged in okay. Should I give full specs for clearance? When I don't play any games, the computer seems to be just fine. But when I do, it just magically poofed and I had to turn it back on. I'm now literally scared and am thinking about just removing the 8 pin I bought. I am running a dual core AM4 chip and I read that if you are running a dual core, there really is no need for an 8 pin, but I wanted to get it any way to make sure there was sufficient power.

You're probably better using the 4 pin CPU cable from the PSU than the Molex adapter if your PSU has more than 1 x +12v rail. Yes, list your system specs. It sounds like you may have an under powered PSU if it only came with a 4 pin CPU power cable.

 

[asylace]

CPU: A6-9500E
GPU: XFX R7 370 2GB
PSU: Antec 350W
Mobo: ASRock A320M
RAM: 4GB Patriot Viper Elite (w/4GB more on the way)
HDD: Western Digital 1TB

Could it be possible the 8 pin connector could be pushing too much power through the motherboard?

 

[clutchc]

Wires don't do that. The power consumed by the load device is determined by the load device. The wires are simply the conduit for the electron flow. Just leave the adapter off if it gives problems. The PSU is more than adequate for that system. There is no need for populating all 8 pins on the header with the tiny 35W APU.

 

[asylace]

Alright. Thank you. I do remember reading that the 8 pin isn't really necessary unless using 4 cores/4 threads or higher. Thank you much my friend