Timeline for What happens after plugging in 6+2 pin power cable into 2x4pin for CPU into motherboard? [closed]
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| Oct 9, 2018 at 17:22 | comment | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | FWIW I made a similar mistake once (6 pin into 4 pin). The PSU refused to power on even momentarily for a few minutes afterward; but afterward and with the connection corrected the system ran for several more years. This was with a high end mobo and PSU, I wouldn't be surprised if cheaper or less lucky hardware sustained fatal damage before the short circuit detection components could shut everything down. | |
| Nov 5, 2016 at 17:32 | comment | added | Baltar | The answer tells what I asked. What happens after plugging in 6+2 pin power cable into 2x4pin for CPU into motherboard. The answer is short circuit and voltage regulator circuit taking the brunt. I don't understand why this question is considered too broad, since it has exact answer. Maybe I didn't tell exact model of PSU and motherboard, but it's a short circuit no matter what motherboard you have if you put these cables like I did. | |
| Nov 5, 2016 at 17:27 | history | edited | Baltar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2016 at 4:50 | comment | added | Baltar | There are only 24-pin wire into the mainboard and 2x4pin into the mainboard for CPU. Nothing else is connected in terms of power to mainboard. SATA cables are impossible to connect wrong, I'm pretty sure everything is alright in terms of wiring. If I didn't break the mainboard, then I wonder what caused the forced restart that Windows had to do? | |
| Nov 5, 2016 at 3:45 | history | edited | Baltar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2016 at 2:39 | comment | added | iSR5 | if your PSU has OVP/UVP protection, then it will shut down that rail before the voltages go more or less than the socket needed (which I think it did with yours since everything is working). IF NOT, You wouldn't probably have a working computer to post a question in the first place ! .. I highly recommend that you re-check your wiring, and use BIOS diagnostic tools to scan your hardware functionality. | |
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| Nov 5, 2016 at 2:20 | history | asked | Baltar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |