Baffled by my PSU

Minibiker · 3 Apr 2021 at 19:17

Hi all

I'm building a new system using the BeQuiet Sfx-l 500w PSU and have come across such an odd issue... I have a 24 pin plug which splits into a 20+4 pin connection, there is nowhere on the PSU for the 24 pin to go

Any help appreciated

Cheers

Minibiker · 3 Apr 2021 at 20:05

james.miller said:
The PSU end should be a 20 pin and an 8 pin. 20+4 is the motherboard end. Are you sure there's nowhere to plug it in? could you take a photo?

This is the PSU end

https://ibb.co/hd5c1tm

Your right the other end is a 20+8

Minibiker · 4 Apr 2021 at 15:03

pastymuncher said:
The labelling under the psu sockets are in two rows, the top row corresponds to the top row of the sockets and the bottom one the bottom sockets. With the psu sitting fan down the two left hand sockets are your pci-e sockets, the big top one and the right hand bottom 8 pin are your mother board, the bottom middle 8 pin is your EPS/CPU power.

Is it OK to plug in the 20 pin to power the 24 pin power on the board, this is the part that's very confusing for me as its split one end into a 20+8

Minibiker · 4 Apr 2021 at 16:23

I'm really baffled now... All cables connected, new board used, old cpu used and still nothing works

Minibiker · 4 Apr 2021 at 16:37

Right got an update after a little step back from it...

I've now got power but the CPU stays lit, all fans spinning up and AIO fan spinning, just this light now

Minibiker · 5 Apr 2021 at 13:42

doug_1986 said:
Do you have the extra 8-pin EPS connected at the top of the board?

Yeah so I have an extra 8 pin plugged in to the PSU going to the CPU power

Minibiker · 5 Apr 2021 at 22:24

Blue160 said:
Definitely EPS not an 8 pin PCIe?

Yeah 100% as the pcie ones are wrote on the cables

Minibiker · 6 Apr 2021 at 07:20

doug_1986 said:
But the port on the PSU isn't labelled as PCIE?

There is a pic near top of thread of the PSU ports, pcie is last 2