Kin'Yobi VR Gaming PC - AMD Ryzan 1800X 8-core system installation

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Hi folks,

I've just purchased this full system from OCUK in parts to self-build.

-AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight Core
-Asus ROG Strix B350-F DDR4 ATX Motherboard
-Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit
-Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Graphics Card

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...ming-pc-amd-ryzen-1800x-8-core-fs-1c2-og.html

After building, the machine will power up but there's no display, can't get to POST. The monitor will input-cycle and not find anything. After some swift Googling, I've reset CMOS, reseated RAM, tried just one RAM stick, tried without the 3rd party GPU.

In and among the Googling, I noticed one person on a forum with a very brief comment about "don't forget to plug in the cpu power, I forgot about that when building". Now it's been a good 15 years since I last built a PC so I'm very rusty, so I'm not sure if this is a red herring, so maybe someone could assist, but...

The motherboard has two ATX power connectors, one large 24 pin and another 8 pin. The 24 pin is connected to the supplied Kolink 600w PSU, but there isn't an 8 pin connector from the PSU to plug into the other ATX slot.

So my question is, does this 8 pin connector need power (does it power the CPU?), or will the 24 pin suffice and I'm barking up the wrong tree with regard to my problem?


Thanks a lot, folks.
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[cheef]

Hi Lee, thanks for your help.

I see that there's the 4+4 cable (I should have mentioned this), but they have a 'set up' which is akin to the phrase "round pegs in square holes" - so the first 4 pin block will slide in nicely, but the second 'half' of it as such, won't, if that makes sense?

 

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The only viable option I can see is using that 4+4 from the PSU to fulfil that 8 pin socket (if indeed that does power the CPU?), but the one half of that 4+4 block doesn't fit.

The bottom line of my thinking here, is that as this is an 'off the shelf' OC bundle (and whether I purchased a different PSU or not) this should absolutely all fit together - or am I just overthinking this somewhere....

 

[cheef]

Cheers Lee, I'll give the one 'block' of 4 a shot now.

 

[cheef]

And it's alive!

Thanks, Lee. Didn't even think of trying just the 'half' of the block.

 

[cheef]

I'll definitely look into that, thanks again, thoroughly appreciated.