Missing pins on power supply

[Shopon13]

Hey im new to pc gaming and have just bought the Corsair CX500M power supply. But when inspecting i can see that on the PCI-E cable where it plugs into the PSU one of the metal pins inside is missing on the actual cable. Is this normal?

 

[Onus]

Edit: Somehow missed that this referenced a PCIe cable, not the main power cable.

 

[Christian Angelo]

Seeing that the Corsair CX series isn't that old, I'd wager that it isn't normal. All 6 holes should be followed by a pin inside

 

[Shopon13]

its not on the side where it connects to the GPU but the side where it connects to the PSU

 

[jonnyguru]

Right. On the GPU side, all 8-pins are populated. On the PSU side, only 7 of the 8-pins are populated. That's normal. If you look at how the +2 pins on the PCIe 6+2 connector are wires, you'll see that they're just daisy chained from the 6-pin part. They're both grounds. On the PSU side, you have three +12V and four grounds.