BSD Codes, any help please ?

scotslad · 19 Jul 2015 at 20:08

lude1962 said:
I see no mention of trying the 6990 in the other pci slot?

oops, I see what you mean now, "the other pci-e slot", sorry mate, at first I thought you meant another computer, but I know what you mean now, as in "the other spare pci-e slot" that there is, sorry mate, I didnt read your first post correctly, my mistake.

well, either way, I have ordered that new PSU and its paid for etc, so if I still get problems with the AMD 6990 in the first slot I shall certainly remember to try it in the spare lower slot, I will defo do that, thanks for reminding me mate

Seems rather strange though that the old Nvidia 8800 GTS pci-e card is working perfect in the first pci-e slot though, could mean its ok, but who knows, hard to say.

Thanks again mate @lude1962

scotslad · 24 Jul 2015 at 04:11

Yes, its that time again, lol, back with another UPdate sorry to say.

I got my New Cooler Master V1200 Platinum PSU yesterday as you can see in the photos attached.

scotslad · 24 Jul 2015 at 04:36

Ok,

1. They sent it with a European 2 pin wall mains plug/cable, will my old UK 3 pin plug wall PSU cable be perfect to use with it and will the actual PSU be fine to use in the UK ?? (I am guessing the answers are yes to these but I wanted to doubled check).

2. Do You see 2 x CPU 8 pin sockets on the PSU photos, what are those for, I don't see them on my motherboard or manual, I have one 8 pin CPU connector (I think), (or is that more commonly known as a cpu overclocking power connector to supply more power to the motherboard if you clock the cpu, I cant remember ?) does that maybe mean I just use any one of those two sockets pictured for that possibly ??
2.2 Do you see the Motherboard 10 pin connector on the photos ?? What's that for, not for my board maybe ?, I don't see that on my motherboard, hmmm.

3. You will see the fan grate on one photo, on my current old cooler master PSU the fan faces down towards the ground, I have seen a couple of videos on you-tube and a couple of people say they prefer to put it facing up, some don't though, but I wonder why ?? does that fan suck or blow ? something I have never knew or asked to be honest.?? Can I have thoughts on this please thanks ?

4. You see the Hybrid Fan socket on the photos ? , I see some people on various reviews say that it isn't even worth using that as the fan is silent anyway and you would be lucky to save hardly any money at all on electricity per year, what's you thoughts on that please ??

5. Lastly (I think, lol), it comes with a whole load of the new style flat cables, again, on the internet I have seen people say they are in favour of them and some say waste of time really, would they really make a difference and make any difference at all to safety or could I just plug in the existing cables that are already in use, I don't know, I don't change out PSU's 'ever' to be honest, this is the first apart from new build systems, whats your thoughts on this too please thanks ??

scotslad · 25 Jul 2015 at 02:42

edited, sorry, my mistake.

scotslad · 27 Jul 2015 at 05:58

Ok, thanks as usual PieEater.

Yea PieEater, I have had to email coolermaster for more support as I need that 8 port EATX 12v powered on my motherboard as I overclock etc, and I don't see a cable that will do that at all that has came with the V1200.

Also, does anyone know if using 1 x 6 pin pci-e from PSU to 2 x 8 pin pci-e (they are daisy chained) cable will be perfect for my AMD 6990 graphics card (it has two 8 pin pci-e sockets on the card), is that a no-no ?? I don't know, I never swap out PSU's, that's why I am stuck man,

Scared in case I make anything go BANG !

scotslad · 4 Aug 2015 at 23:56

Hello admin, could one of you please move my entire thread here with all the attachments and everything into the "POWER SUPPLIES" section a.s.a.p as I was advised by another member that it may get more attention in there, could you do that please ?

(I have been trying to post a message to admin but it wont send, trying to get them to do what I am asking here, so if anyone knows anyone, could you please ask them to do this, thank you ?).

scotslad · 5 Aug 2015 at 00:42

Here is where I am at with this now,

I have still not been able to get the darn new V1200 PSU fitted as it had missing cables which I suspected since I got it, I got the missing cables delivered from them yesterday though.

On close inspection though, the squares and the round edged plastic pin plug parts of the cables and sockets do not look correct at all

I was instructed with Coolermaster like this "The CPU connector on the PSU are to power the CPU on the mainboard. The PSU has two of these because there are some mainboards (especially server boards) that have two CPU’s. You however only need one. There should be a cable that has a 8 pin connector on one side and two 4 pin connectors on the other side. The 8 pin goes into the PSU and the 4 Pin connectors go side by side into the mainboard." (this was the missing cables, well along with the UK mains cable too).

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They sent the photo above showing what they meant but I dont think they really even took much notice to be honest of the motherboard connection side, I could be wrong though, I have attached the photo above anyway they sent.

ASUS%20P8Z77-V%20Deluxe%20motherboard%20CPU%20EATX12V%20SOCKET.jpg

This above image is obviously the motherboard EATX 12V CPU Connector socket for the ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE, they (coolermaster) told me that the 2 x 4 connectors should go in there side by side (as their image attempts to show at the top) but they dont match if you closely look at the shapes (unless I am missing something or maybe only need one cable or something, I dont know). ?

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2%20sets%20of%20mainboard%20cpu%202x4%20pin%20to%20cpu%208%20pin%20EATX%2012V%20cables.jpg

These images above are the cables in question they sent me yesterday, (two sets of the same cables that were missing in first place).

But anyway, as you can see and read, I still have not got anywhere with this PSU because of this and the waiting time and I am scared to take any risks to be honest, especially with these cables, could melt my motherboard or cpu or anything man

(Admin, could one of you please move my entire thread here with all the attachments and everything into the "POWER SUPPLIES" section a.s.a.p as I was advised by another member that it may get more attention in there, could you do that please ?)
I have been trying to post a message to admin but it wont send, trying to get them to do what I am asking here, so if anyone knows anyone, could you please ask them to do this, thank you ?). Much appreciated.

scotslad · 5 Aug 2015 at 17:04

Zefan said:
Your message sent alright, 7 times in fact. The reason nothing was done is because it was the middle of the night. Good luck with your issue.

Ok thanks @Zefan, sorry it sent 7 times, the page just kept timing out at my end when I was clicking send, so it just seemed like it wasn't sending to me and I tried on a couple of browsers etc too and same thing, anyway, I can see the thread is now moved, thank you.
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Ok, I had it confirmed today with the actual person in Coolermaster that sold me the V1200 that the Cables are fine to plug in even though they are not the identical shapes so long as they slip in and out.
So if anything happens then its Coolermasters problem, not mines.

I have always thought especially with cabling that its never a great idea just to assume everything is fine as sometimes its not fine.

I think I said earlier in the thread that I can vaguely remember something happening with cabling years ago and it caused a major problem with a piece of hardware, I cant remember exactly what happened etc but something did, that's why I am always wary when its cabling as I am sure people will understand, if your not sure your best to ask, simple as that.