There should also be a brand - the nVidia just relates to the chipset that the board uses, but its OK, lets check the wiring first. If we still have trouble I'll get you to double check for the brand name.
Lets just check that you have the following plugs in place:
- The 24 pin plug from the PSU (blue) to your motherboard - this powers the board itself.
- A 4 pin 12v P4 connector plugs into the motherboard (near the CPU). This is the CPU power. It runs from the 8pin blue socket on the PSU. Make sure that the end plugging into the motherboard is only 4 pin.
- No power cables required to run the 8600GT so the red sockets on the PSU are empty.
- Power cables going to all your peripherals (hard drives and CDroms). These run from the black sockets on the PSU.
Does your current setup match that?
Thanks for the speedy response RSB, the connector is identical to a motherboard fan connection , but I don't see this as being a supply to the psu's internal fan as surely that would be powered internally. My next thought was that it could be the psu fans speed indication for the motherboards BIOS , but that would only have one cable not two , so I'm stumped ! I won't risk connecting it to the MB until I know as I don't want to blow it . Any other ideas ?
Many thanks 996 . Any idea why there's two cables. I'm still a bit worried.
That's great 996 , many thanks I'll try it tomorrow !
Hard to say without actually seeing the connector, but it sounds like it may be a connector for an additional case fan.
Hope this helps.
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