New WC PC, problems with Rampage IV Extreme

[Sverre]

It's a Corsair AX1200 gold. The output from the PSU is the same both for PCI-E and the 8-pin power to the mother board?

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Do I need to connect the 4-pin to the mother board as well?

[kkn]

is it molex or like the 8 pin? if its like the 8 pin connect it.

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What I did was to remove the PSU from the case, connect the 24-pin to the PSU and the tester (FrozenCPU), with nothing else, I connected the 6-pin part of the PCI-E cabel, as nothing happend I connected the last 2-pin part of the PCI-E, and the PSU shut down with only the 5v stand vy left. So, either I have 12 faulty PCI-E cabels, from 2 different PSU's, or tjeres something wrong with the PSU. But why does the 8-pin power cabel work, and not the PCI-E? They both connect to the same output. Is there some strange wiring in the PCI-E cabel?

[kkn]

like i typed before..
pcie = for screencards ONLY
and should not been put on enny other place then a screencard whit 6 or 8 pinn connector in them.

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I don't put it anywhere, but they both connect to the same place on the PSU.

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I removed the sleeving on a PCI-E cabel and notice that the 2 wires from the 2-pin part of the cabel, are connected to the same pin on the other end, ie shorted. Why would they do that?

[kkn]

pcie cables are only to be used for screencards, its becouse some cards have 6 pins and some have 8 pins conector so the 2 that "splits" you can put aside so you can use the 6 pin in stead of trying to put a 8 pin plug to a 6 pin hole witch will not fit at all......

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But since my GTX590 cards have 2 8-pin connectors both, I guess I use the whole 8-pin and not only the 6-pun part?

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kkn, I'm not completely dense, I know that the PCI-E cables are for the graphics cards. What I'm saying are that they both come from the same connections on the PSU.