[SOLVED] PCIe 6+2 cable won’t fit in PSU.

[Rmr16b]

I have a cougar GX-F 550 PSU and it came with PCIe cables and they fit into the graphics card but they don’t fit in the PSU. 6 pins will fit but all eight pins won’t fit because there is a piece of the cable that prevents it from all pins plugging in. I don’t know if that’s normal

 

[Wolfshadw]

Make sure you have the correct orientation. The 6+2 end of the cable connects to the graphics card.

-Wolf sends

 

[Rmr16b]

Make sure you have the correct orientation. The 6+2 end of the cable connects to the graphics card.

-Wolf sends

The 8 pin side has two of the pins joined together which is stopping it from going into the PSU.

 

[Wolfshadw]

If I'm understanding this correctly, one side of the cable has an 8-pin connector. The other end has a 6-pin connector with 2 extra pins dangling on the side. The 8-pin side is the connector that goes to the power supply. If that end of the cable does not connect to one of the 8-pin ports on the power supply, labeled 6+2 PCI-E & 4+4 CPU, then it's likely not the correct cable.

-Wolf sends

 

[Karadjgne]

6+2 needs to be joined together before trying to insert, it's keyed, gotta do a little jiggle to get them seated. 6+2 goes to the gpu, the other end goes to psu.