[HELP] Correct 4 pin adapter for CPU

LabRat 891 · Oct 2, 2023

Noci said:
just don't mix up the pin layout or you'll have bad day (hardware wise)

Very Very Bad, yes. (Thankfully, not from experience.) Basically, PCIe and CPU/EPS are 'flipped polarity' of each other.

I did have to quadruple-check my re-pin job, when I re-manufactured some old PSU modular cables into more PCIe power.

One of my most-appreciated purchases, BTW; my 'pin tool':

Chrispy_ · Oct 2, 2023

LabRat 891 said:
Very Very Bad, yes. (Thankfully, not from experience.) Basically, PCIe and CPU/EPS are 'flipped polarity' of each other.

I did have to quadruple-check my re-pin job, when I re-manufactured some old PSU modular cables into more PCIe power.

One of my most-appreciated purchases, BTW; my 'pin tool':
View attachment 315883

I could have done with that kit a couple of years ago when I had to "make" 48x 6+2pin PCIe cables by stealing the wiring from a big bag of leftover Corsair Type4 EPS/4+4 pin connectors and re-pinning them into some new 6+2 pin Mini-fit Jr. connectors.

I used bent staples to get the damn pins out of the old connectors, but 48x 8pins is a lot of faffing with fiddly staples!

The paranoia of quadruple-checking everything is real when the price of a single mistake is anything from a blown fuse in the PSU to a cloud of smoke with sparks and a lot of dead hardware. I really miss the old ketchup and mustard wiring. Monochrome cables look nice but they're horrible when it comes to identifying GND vs 12V :|

System Name	Sleepy Painter
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus TuF Gaming X570-PLUS/WIFI
Cooling	FSP Windale 6 - Passive
Memory	2x16GB F4-3600C16-16GVKC @ 16-19-21-36-58-1T
Video Card(s)	MSI RX580 8GB
Storage	2x Samsung PM963 960GB nVME RAID0, Crucial BX500 1TB SATA, WD Blue 3D 2TB SATA
Display(s)	Microboard 32" Curved 1080P 144hz VA w/ Freesync
Case	NZXT Gamma Classic Black
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1
Power Supply	Rosewill 1KW on 240V@60hz
Mouse	Logitech MX518 Legend
Keyboard	Red Dragon K552
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC 1809 17763.1757

System Name	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

[HELP] Correct 4 pin adapter for CPU

LabRat 891

Chrispy_