Am I all set?

[Guest]

Hi everyone,


As the title says, I just need a confirmation if all of my cables are set in the right place. I used the PSU PCI-E cables to connect the power supply to the video graphics card. I connected PSU and the 24 pins cable to the motherboard. PSU and 8 pins(4x2 pins) to the CPU. I'm using a Z97-A ATX MoBo, EVGA Geforce GTX 970, and EVGA Supernova 550 GS, Hyper 212 Evo. . Please guys I really need help on this one.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Looks fine to me.

 

[Rhezner]

it should be good, i dont think you will damage anything if you boot it up without all of the power connectors plugged in

 

[Karadjgne]

Don't forget the hdd/SSD and optical drive, fans, USB cables, power button, hdd light pins etc.

 

[Rhezner]

Don't forget the hdd/SSD and optical drive, fans, USB cables, power button, hdd light pins etc.

i think he just wants to boot to bios on the motherboard box

 

[Guest]

Don't forget the hdd/SSD and optical drive, fans, USB cables, power button, hdd light pins etc.

Do i need all of that just to do a "test boot"? I was planning to do all of that when i install everything in the case (obviously).

 

[Rhezner]

Don't forget the hdd/SSD and optical drive, fans, USB cables, power button, hdd light pins etc.

Do i need all of that just to do a "test boot"? I was planning to do all of that when i install everything in the case (obviously).

no you dont, your PC will boot to bios without a hard drive, also just turn it on using a paperclip to short the power pins (thats how the power button works)

 

[Guest]

Don't forget the hdd/SSD and optical drive, fans, USB cables, power button, hdd light pins etc.

Do i need all of that just to do a "test boot"? I was planning to do all of that when i install everything in the case (obviously).

no you dont, your PC will boot to bios without a hard drive, also just turn it on using a paperclip to short the power pins (thats how the power button works)

Thanks for helping me out Rhezner, i have a power button so didnt need the paperclip. Now i booted and it worked! However, my graphics card fan move at the start of the boot and then stop after a few seconds and I can't tell if it is connected or not? Again i'm running an Asus MoBo, is there anyway to check that on the bios?

 

[Rhezner]

Don't forget the hdd/SSD and optical drive, fans, USB cables, power button, hdd light pins etc.

Do i need all of that just to do a "test boot"? I was planning to do all of that when i install everything in the case (obviously).

no you dont, your PC will boot to bios without a hard drive, also just turn it on using a paperclip to short the power pins (thats how the power button works)

Thanks for helping me out Rhezner, i have a power button so didnt need the paperclip. Now i booted and it worked! However, my graphics card fan move at the start of the boot and then stop after a few seconds and I can't tell if it is connected or not? Again i'm running an Asus MoBo, is there anyway to check that on the bios?

GPU fans usually ramp up really high immidiately when you start, at least that is the way it has always been for me.

Just make sure the GPU has all of its female power ports full and it should be fine. make sure that the BIOS detects the GPU

 

[Guest]

Don't forget the hdd/SSD and optical drive, fans, USB cables, power button, hdd light pins etc.

Do i need all of that just to do a "test boot"? I was planning to do all of that when i install everything in the case (obviously).

no you dont, your PC will boot to bios without a hard drive, also just turn it on using a paperclip to short the power pins (thats how the power button works)

Thanks for helping me out Rhezner, i have a power button so didnt need the paperclip. Now i booted and it worked! However, my graphics card fan move at the start of the boot and then stop after a few seconds and I can't tell if it is connected or not? Again i'm running an Asus MoBo, is there anyway to check that on the bios?

GPU fans usually ramp up really high immidiately when you start, at least that is the way it has always been for me.

Just make sure the GPU has all of its female power ports full and it should be fine. make sure that the BIOS detects the GPU

I thought you couldn't check any GPU info on the BIOS? Can anyone correct on this?

 

[Rhezner]

if your display turns on then your gpu is probably working, im not sure if you can check your gpu in the bios. I just thought you could

 

[awesomedude911]

its fine if you check your gpu info in the BIOS, but its easier through software to overclock. Just change your boot option to the optical drive or you can use a usb.

 

[Karadjgne]

The Asus gtx970 has a 0 fan speed ability. It'll not turn on the fan at all, running passive cooling, until the gpu heats up past the temp set point. This has 2 basic benefits. At idle or very low gpu usage, you hear no sound of fans spinning, and you prolong the life of the bearings.

So yes, you'll not see the gpu fans spin up, since the gpu isn't hot enough on the test bench under bios to warrant such.