Hi all! I built a PC for my friend the other day and had a quick question about an error message that popped up. On first boot, instead of the BIOS screen I got a picture of the 4-pin molex plug and that I was required to use it. I googled a bit and found that its a common issue but I never was able to find if I should RMA the board or not. Its not my PC and I dont want him to have problems in the future.
The AsRock Fatal1ty H97 has a spot on the MB for a molex 4-pin plug. I've built countless PCs over the years and only use that if I have an SLI or Crossfire setup. In the manual it says to use it only if running 3 video cards. I installed a single GTX 960 4gb for him. I also installed a wireless N PCI-Express adapter to the board. So the board has a PCI-E 3.0 slot used for the GPU and a PCI-e for the wifi. Other than that, everything else is normal. i7-4790k, EVGA 750w G2 PSU, 8gbs 1600 ram, SSD, bluray, basically nothing special or anything that is an energy hog. I wasnt able to skip the screen or flash the bios to a newer one at the time.
Should I be worried? Im not totally sure what BIOS version is in there.. But after I plugged in the 4-pin, it booted up and we installed Windows. Everything is flying, temps are 25-35c idle and maybe 60c under load.. Kinda impressive actually. But Im wondering if I should go back and maybe update the bios for him or possible swap RAM slots? I followed the manual's instruction for everything. As far as I know, its all installed 100% perfect. I double and triple checked everything. The CPU plug from the PSU is definitely plugged into the 8-pin power connector on the board(that was the first thing I checked).
I just want some reassurance that I did everything perfect and the board is functioning correctly. If we need to RMA the board or if I need to update a few things I want to make sure I do before his return period ends.
Thank you in advance!!
The AsRock Fatal1ty H97 has a spot on the MB for a molex 4-pin plug. I've built countless PCs over the years and only use that if I have an SLI or Crossfire setup. In the manual it says to use it only if running 3 video cards. I installed a single GTX 960 4gb for him. I also installed a wireless N PCI-Express adapter to the board. So the board has a PCI-E 3.0 slot used for the GPU and a PCI-e for the wifi. Other than that, everything else is normal. i7-4790k, EVGA 750w G2 PSU, 8gbs 1600 ram, SSD, bluray, basically nothing special or anything that is an energy hog. I wasnt able to skip the screen or flash the bios to a newer one at the time.
Should I be worried? Im not totally sure what BIOS version is in there.. But after I plugged in the 4-pin, it booted up and we installed Windows. Everything is flying, temps are 25-35c idle and maybe 60c under load.. Kinda impressive actually. But Im wondering if I should go back and maybe update the bios for him or possible swap RAM slots? I followed the manual's instruction for everything. As far as I know, its all installed 100% perfect. I double and triple checked everything. The CPU plug from the PSU is definitely plugged into the 8-pin power connector on the board(that was the first thing I checked).
I just want some reassurance that I did everything perfect and the board is functioning correctly. If we need to RMA the board or if I need to update a few things I want to make sure I do before his return period ends.
Thank you in advance!!
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