[SOLVED] Asus Essence STX II - Power Connector (4-pin Molex)

[RAII]

Hello,

I have a pretty weird question: Is there a way for me to test if the Asus Essence STX II is properly connected to my power supply? For some reason that 4-pin Molex slot is incredibly hard to connect with the female pin. I don't know why, but it seems to take unbelievable amounts of force and I thus stopped half-way, scared of damaging something or literally breaking the card. Now I am not sure if the pin is already properly connected, it did not go all the way in. So here I am wondering if there is a way for me to test that. I have downloaded the driver for the card and played around with some settings, but I would like to somehow confirm if everything is fine before actually plugging my headphones in.

Also: Is that pin supposed to be so [redacted] hard to get onto? I am 99.99% sure that I have the right female connector from my power supply, I checked various times with google-searches and it seems to align perfectly - at least in theory. But it seems unlikely for it be that hard to get on. Although I did find some results that seemed to struggle with it as well.

 

[Lutfij]

It's usual to require force when plugging in the 4pin connector to the sound card. I've had similar experience. It's worse when you have to deal with a PSU that has a connector that doesn't want to cooperate.

 

[RAII]

Alright then, thank you for your reply! I did apply some more force, some waggling left and right and I think it is now pretty much all the way in. Seems to work fine!