Using a Seasonic 550w Gold on an GA-AB350-Gaming 3 mobo, questions about CPU power

[Knightmare4469]

Hello all, helping my nephew build his first computer. We had everything hooked up (or so I thought) and the computer will only turn on for a few seconds before shutting off and restarting in a second or two repeatedly. Asked a friend who asked me if I had the CPU power plugged in.

The only thing I could see not plugged in is an "Atx_12v 2x4", which from other forum posts sounds like powers the CPU.

The problem is that I do not have an 8 pin connector that would fit that. I have some 6 &2's, which I'm 99% sure are not correct. Now, the PSU has the big mondo 20pin cable or whatever it is, alrady plugged into the mobo, but it also has 2 4-pin cables that I thought would power the video card. Should/would those 2 4-pins be going into that Atx_12v 2x4?

 

[eWOOD29]

Yes, use the 6 & 2s. They'll work the same as an 8-pin if you put them together in an 8-pin socket

EDIT: I'm sorry, I interpreted the question incorrectly. Are you plugging the cables into your motherboard?

 

[R_1]

your power supply may only have a single 4 pin connector, it will connect to the 8 pin CPU AUX. do not, do not use a 6+2 pin that is for PCI-e GPU's only
like so
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/4pinin8.jpg

 

[bignastyid]

Yes, use the 6 & 2s. They'll work the same as an 8-pin if you put them together in an 8-pin socket

EDIT: I'm sorry, I interpreted the question incorrectly. Are you plugging the cables into your motherboard?

What ever you do, do not plug a 6+2 pci-e power connector into the EPS(8-pin cpu) power connector on the motherboard you could end up damaging the board, cpu and/or the PSU.

That 4+4 pin(EPS) connector is what you need to plug into the motherboard.

 

[eWOOD29]

Yes, use the 6 & 2s. They'll work the same as an 8-pin if you put them together in an 8-pin socket

EDIT: I'm sorry, I interpreted the question incorrectly. Are you plugging the cables into your motherboard?

What ever you do, do not plug a 6+2 pci-e power connector into the EPS(8-pin cpu) power connector on the motherboard you could end up damaging the board, cpu and/or the PSU.

That 4+4 pin(EPS) connector is what you need to plug into the motherboard.

Yeah I already cleared that up. The way I interpreted it was that he was plugging the 6 & 2s into a single 8-pin socket in the GPU but I caught my mistake

 

[Knightmare4469]

Yes, use the 6 & 2s. They'll work the same as an 8-pin if you put them together in an 8-pin socket

EDIT: I'm sorry, I interpreted the question incorrectly. Are you plugging the cables into your motherboard?

Yes, it is a port directly into motherboard labeled ATX_12v 2x4

 

[Knightmare4469]

your power supply may only have a single 4 pin connector, it will connect to the 8 pin CPU AUX. do not, do not use a 6+2 pin that is for PCI-e GPU's only
like so
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/4pinin8.jpg

Yes, use the 6 & 2s. They'll work the same as an 8-pin if you put them together in an 8-pin socket

EDIT: I'm sorry, I interpreted the question incorrectly. Are you plugging the cables into your motherboard?

What ever you do, do not plug a 6+2 pci-e power connector into the EPS(8-pin cpu) power connector on the motherboard you could end up damaging the board, cpu and/or the PSU.

That 4+4 pin(EPS) connector is what you need to plug into the motherboard.

Thank you, after looking up 4pin EPS connector, that is exactly what it looks like and need.

 

[R_1]

https://seasonic.com/product/g-550/ click on cables
you should have the plug, it is the second cable in the list. it should be attached to the main PSU, not a modular plug.