20 / 4 Power PIN advice

Scottie2004 · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:17

Can someone answer a quick question for me?

I've compined the 20 Pin and 4 Pin power connections into a 24 PIN block on the mobo. There is an additional 4 PIN block near the top of the mobo, Do I put an additional 4 PIN in there or does it get left unoccupied?

Board is an Asis M2NPV-VM mobo and PSU is the one which comes with the Antek Sonata II.

Thanks

Mr Men · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:20

there is a yellow and black 4 pin coming from the PSU, use that in the extra 4 pin as long as your mobo manual suggests you need it

Scottie2004 · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:52

The manual is pretty unclear. There is a socket which looks like it expects an additional 4 pin. Do most modern ATX mobos require a 24 pin and another additional 4 pin to be attached?

Mr Men · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:58

Im not too sure m8, I just built a rig and it would not boot until I had the yellow/black 4 pin in the mobo, I was using the same case/psu as you, I think modern boards do need it

quick google says its

24-pin ATX power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector

So yes you need the 4 pin connection

Scottie2004 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:06

cheers, appreciated.

Mikey1280 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:08

The board will either be 20 or 24 pin and it will have a 4 or 8 pin atx (p4) connector. Plug the 20/24 pin into the largest socket. Then plug the separate 4 pin (p4) lead into the other 4 pin socket

Scottie2004 · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:34

Just one more thing before I turn it on. I couldn't get the stock cpu cooler arm down. The thing is on really tight but the arm would snap if I turned it completely into it's locked position. Has anyone else ever had this and simply left it positioned on the clips without the arm down? Is it safe?

Mikey1280 · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:22

I dont think it would be safe if it wasnt down, the contact wouldnt be good. I havent used the stock cooler myself so not sure how the mechanism works, does it feel like your about to snap the board?

Dark_Angel · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:28

Scottie2004 said:
Just one more thing before I turn it on. I couldn't get the stock cpu cooler arm down. The thing is on really tight but the arm would snap if I turned it completely into it's locked position. Has anyone else ever had this and simply left it positioned on the clips without the arm down? Is it safe?

I was assembling a socket 754 Sempron for a friend a couple of weeks ago, with the stock reference cooler. I have to admit, the first bit clipped on easily, but then I had to literally apply FORCE to make it go down.... sometimes they do require a tad more "effort" than I think they should.... use common sense and you should *usually* be fine. but DONT leave it unclipped. At best it will hold for a few weeks and then fall off... More than likely though, it wont make correct contact (as mentioned previously) and overheat.

Either way, its not a good thing

Scottie2004 · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:42

Hmmm, it feels really solid on the cpu though. THe clips are on place, it's the handle that feels like it's going to snap. Fitted plenty of stock AMD coolers and they were no probs, AM2 teething probs maybe?

One last point (hopefully). I purchased Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache and it's only showing as 125 gig. Is there something I need to set somewhere in the BIOS or Windows to have it recognise it's full capacity?

Hlebio · 14 Jun 2006 at 22:46

Scottie2004 said:
Just one more thing before I turn it on. I couldn't get the stock cpu cooler arm down. The thing is on really tight but the arm would snap if I turned it completely into it's locked position. Has anyone else ever had this and simply left it positioned on the clips without the arm down? Is it safe?

I had the same fears dude but it'll be okay.

It feels as though the lever will snap if you apply anymore force but really it'll be okay, trust me. Just keep pushing until it's all the way over and hooked. You shouldn't leave the heatsink on without the lever down dude.

Mikey1280 · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:12

Scottie2004 said:
One last point (hopefully). I purchased Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache and it's only showing as 125 gig. Is there something I need to set somewhere in the BIOS or Windows to have it recognise it's full capacity?

Have you got service pack 1?

Scottie2004 · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:37

I installed an early version of XP, I think most of the problems I have are related to this. I'll try reinstalling XP with SP2 and see how that goes. Thanks for now.