Lord_MiL
07-14-03, 02:55 PM
Hey all!
Well I finally got my new rig setup and in good working order, so I decided to work on rerouting cables and cleaning everything up inside. I have a bit of a concern though. The 12V/P4 connector on this PSU doesn't go directly to the PSU. Instead it's a fully detachable cable that has to be plugged into at least one regular molex to be powered. I guess this is a good idea for those that don't have this connector on their board and don't want to use it, but it really gets in the way as I have to run it from a molex and it has 4 cables hanging from it. That brings me to my next point. The 12V connector has 4 cables running from it. 2 are male molex's and 2 are female molex's. Should I have BOTH of those male molex's plugged in? I wouldn't imagine it would affect the quality of the power getting to the 12V connector to only have one plugged in, but if that's true then why 2?
I think what I'll probably end up doing in a couple weeks or so is cutting those 4 molex's off from the 12V connector then taking one of the extra molex's that I'm not using, and splicing those wires into the 12V connector that way I won't have near the mess and the 12V will be getting power straight from the PSU.
Does this sound kosher?
Also, does anyone else have differing lengths of cable for their ATX connector? With mine, there are several of the wires ( a bright green one and a black one) that are significantly longer than the rest of the wires going to the ATX connector. It looks kinda dumb cause they stick way out. I've rerouted everything so it's not such a big deal but I may just end up shortening those two wires while I'm at it.
Has anyone else noticed these problems with their Fortron 350W?
Well I finally got my new rig setup and in good working order, so I decided to work on rerouting cables and cleaning everything up inside. I have a bit of a concern though. The 12V/P4 connector on this PSU doesn't go directly to the PSU. Instead it's a fully detachable cable that has to be plugged into at least one regular molex to be powered. I guess this is a good idea for those that don't have this connector on their board and don't want to use it, but it really gets in the way as I have to run it from a molex and it has 4 cables hanging from it. That brings me to my next point. The 12V connector has 4 cables running from it. 2 are male molex's and 2 are female molex's. Should I have BOTH of those male molex's plugged in? I wouldn't imagine it would affect the quality of the power getting to the 12V connector to only have one plugged in, but if that's true then why 2?
I think what I'll probably end up doing in a couple weeks or so is cutting those 4 molex's off from the 12V connector then taking one of the extra molex's that I'm not using, and splicing those wires into the 12V connector that way I won't have near the mess and the 12V will be getting power straight from the PSU.
Does this sound kosher?
Also, does anyone else have differing lengths of cable for their ATX connector? With mine, there are several of the wires ( a bright green one and a black one) that are significantly longer than the rest of the wires going to the ATX connector. It looks kinda dumb cause they stick way out. I've rerouted everything so it's not such a big deal but I may just end up shortening those two wires while I'm at it.
Has anyone else noticed these problems with their Fortron 350W?