Testing my new build?

[booger68]

For my 8 pin plug on my asus mother board there is a cap on 4 of the pins also my power supply has 2 4 pin plugs do i take the cap off and hook both 4 pin plugs up to it?i am talking about my 8 pin eatx 12 v here.

Here is the mother board
ASUS P7H55-M PRO LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D=e1bdhfppjb.0

the power supply in this case
Antec Sonata III 500

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D=e1bdhfpcri.0
thanks
booger

[Anomo]

I had to do that on my P7P55D so I'm assuming its the same with yours.

[glc]

Yes, it's recommended you use all 8 pins when the board and PSU have them.

[booger68]

Thank's for the help i will get them plugged up tomorro.i wonder why the psu has 2 different 4 pin plugs and why asus caps off 4 of the holes though?seems a little strange to me but hell i am dumb as rocks when it comes to this stuff!!!!

I am sure to have more questions as i get deeper into this thing.

thanks
booger

[Nikon]

with cpus < 100w only 4 pin power is usually needed, my i7-870 runs fine with only a single 4 pin connected, but my bros phenom II failed to boot until i connected the 2nd 4pin.

[booger68]

Well thanks folk's looks like you walked another rookie through it.This is the first post with the new computer.Windows 7 installed and updated.Microsoft security essentials installed.Looks like i am good to go.All i need is spyware and mailware any suggestions?

I did not do any tweaking to the bios just the factory asus ones looked good enough.Do you folks have any suggestions if they will be good enough for playing movies and dvd's music and such?

I still need to clean the wireing up a bit.

The case fan i could not get it to be monitered in bios.I pluged it up to the big plug then i trird to plug up the smaller plug to the mother board and The computer would not even start up.Do you have any thoughts on this?It is not really a big deal though just wondering.

Thanks for every ones help i am sure to be picking your brains for a lot more info as i get used to this thing!!!

THANKS SOOO MUCH!!!!!
booger

[booger68]

Are there any test i should do to see if everything is as it should be?

thanks
booger

[booger68]

Thank's all it looks like i am up and running on this system.I made a couple of other post so if you could help me out there i think i am on my way.

booger

[Spools]

That seems a bit overly cautious. Is there any reason to believe that things are not as they should be?

[glc]

Yes - do this before you start putting things in the case:

PROBLEMS with a NEW BUILD? Try This!!

EDIT: 3 threads merged - please don't open multiple threads on the same build.

[booger68]

Sorry about the multiple post.It is all up and running minus the little plug for the case fan on the mother board other than that i am trucking along.

Thanks so much for your help!!

I will be probably moving to the other forums now to get everything set up just like i want it.

I still have to clean all the wires up and such but it is up and going.

thanks
booger

[glc]

On the case fan - when you say "big plug" and "small plug" I assume you mean a 4 pin Molex that connects to the power supply - and a 3 pin that connects to the motherboard? If so, you CANNOT connect both - it's either or.