powerofjam
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Alright, so I started building everything and basically it's all in place right now but I've run into a small issue.
The graphics card requires a 6pin and 8pin plug in from the power supply, but the only 8 pin I have from my PSU cannot reach the graphics card as it is connected to a 4pin plugged into the motherboard. I was thinking about getting a molex connector so that I can get another 8 pin to put in there, with a 6 pin from my PSU, but the XFX manual says not to use converters.
Is it really a big deal if I use a converter? There's really no other way I can do it unless I get a whole new PSU.. which is sort of out of the question.
I tried to boot it up considering that the motherboard has onboard graphics, just to test it out, but no display came on my screen, the computer just started beeping. I assumed it had to do with the graphics card not being plugged in, but should it work even without that?
The graphics card requires a 6pin and 8pin plug in from the power supply, but the only 8 pin I have from my PSU cannot reach the graphics card as it is connected to a 4pin plugged into the motherboard. I was thinking about getting a molex connector so that I can get another 8 pin to put in there, with a 6 pin from my PSU, but the XFX manual says not to use converters.
Is it really a big deal if I use a converter? There's really no other way I can do it unless I get a whole new PSU.. which is sort of out of the question.
I tried to boot it up considering that the motherboard has onboard graphics, just to test it out, but no display came on my screen, the computer just started beeping. I assumed it had to do with the graphics card not being plugged in, but should it work even without that?