I am upgrading my old PC for my son for Christmas...I haven't worked with computer hardware in a while and could use some help.
I am replacing the Mother Board, CPU & RAM but keeping my existing Case, PSU, GPU, & Hard Drive. (For now)
The new mother board I picked up is: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4
All was going well and everything is hooking up nicely until I got to the CPU power supply cable. The old mother board used a 6 pin connecter (2x3) and my new mother board uses an 8 pin connector (2x4). The cable from the PSU has an extra 2 pin adapter to add on to the 6 pin so it seems like all is in order to turn my 6 pin (2x3) into an 8 pin (2x4).
The problem is that on the 2 pin adapter there is a small peg on one of the plugs that cause it to not fit. The same thing is on the 8 pin (2x4) plug that I use to plug into my GPU, but the GPU slot to receive the plug has a small cut out for the peg while my mother board does not.
2 Pin with small peg
View: https://i.imgur.com/AXQJdn5.jpg
8 Pin (6 Pin with 2 pin attached)
View: https://i.imgur.com/2mii3cQ.jpg
Mother Board Plug
View: https://i.imgur.com/jksFBSH.jpg
Is this a problem with my PSU and I need to replace it as well, am I overlooking something obvious here, or is there a work around.
I am replacing the Mother Board, CPU & RAM but keeping my existing Case, PSU, GPU, & Hard Drive. (For now)
The new mother board I picked up is: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4
All was going well and everything is hooking up nicely until I got to the CPU power supply cable. The old mother board used a 6 pin connecter (2x3) and my new mother board uses an 8 pin connector (2x4). The cable from the PSU has an extra 2 pin adapter to add on to the 6 pin so it seems like all is in order to turn my 6 pin (2x3) into an 8 pin (2x4).
The problem is that on the 2 pin adapter there is a small peg on one of the plugs that cause it to not fit. The same thing is on the 8 pin (2x4) plug that I use to plug into my GPU, but the GPU slot to receive the plug has a small cut out for the peg while my mother board does not.
2 Pin with small peg
View: https://i.imgur.com/AXQJdn5.jpg
8 Pin (6 Pin with 2 pin attached)
View: https://i.imgur.com/2mii3cQ.jpg
Mother Board Plug
View: https://i.imgur.com/jksFBSH.jpg
Is this a problem with my PSU and I need to replace it as well, am I overlooking something obvious here, or is there a work around.