Instead of using Paperclip to turn on the PSU to help fill up a loop, I was thinking of getting a $2 ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug. This will I thought save me the issue of me accidentally plugging in paperclip in the wrong holes in PSU 20/24 pin connector (reference http://aphnetworks.com/tutorials/psu_paperclip_trick) . So I looked here https://www.pccasegear.com/products/23906/atx-24-pin-bridging-plug-black/ to get a ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug . But then this caught my attention
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Do I also need to disconnect the PSU power cords for the GPU so that I don't damage my GPU too ? So if I don't connect the PSU to the Mobo 12v EPS connector, don't connect the 24 pin connector to the Mobo because obviously the 24 pin PSU connector is connected to the ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug, and if I am not connecting the GPU and even HDD/SSD etc to the PSU when I am running the PSU using ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug, how will the motherboard get the power ? Or the motherboard needs to be completely off as it seems that is going to be the case ? And the Pump Res will run from the molex connector connected directly to the PSU , am I correct ? In such a case I should not connect the PWM 4 pin connector from the Res/Pump to the Mobo CPU header either correct ? In other words, there will be only two things connected the PSU - the PSU 24 pin connector to the ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug and a PSU Molex female plug connected to the Pump/Res Molexmale plug, everything else disconnected. Am I correct ?
My motherboards is Rampage VI Apex X299 ( https://www.pccasegear.com/products/40189/asus-rog-rampage-vi-apex-motherboard/) .
The pump/res I am using is the EK XRES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM Pump/Reservoir Combo (https://www.pccasegear.com/products/40750/ek-xres-140-revo-d5-rgb-pwm-pump/reservoir-combo/) .
Please advise regarding this and anything else that you deem I must know for a guy who is planning on doing his first time watercooling loop.
Thanking you in advance
BabeBunny
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So if I correctly understand I don't have to connect the CPU 12V EPS connectors at the top when I want to turn on the PSU ? Is this correct ?
Do I also need to disconnect the PSU power cords for the GPU so that I don't damage my GPU too ? So if I don't connect the PSU to the Mobo 12v EPS connector, don't connect the 24 pin connector to the Mobo because obviously the 24 pin PSU connector is connected to the ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug, and if I am not connecting the GPU and even HDD/SSD etc to the PSU when I am running the PSU using ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug, how will the motherboard get the power ? Or the motherboard needs to be completely off as it seems that is going to be the case ? And the Pump Res will run from the molex connector connected directly to the PSU , am I correct ? In such a case I should not connect the PWM 4 pin connector from the Res/Pump to the Mobo CPU header either correct ? In other words, there will be only two things connected the PSU - the PSU 24 pin connector to the ATX 24 Pin Bridging Plug and a PSU Molex female plug connected to the Pump/Res Molexmale plug, everything else disconnected. Am I correct ?
My motherboards is Rampage VI Apex X299 ( https://www.pccasegear.com/products/40189/asus-rog-rampage-vi-apex-motherboard/) .
The pump/res I am using is the EK XRES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM Pump/Reservoir Combo (https://www.pccasegear.com/products/40750/ek-xres-140-revo-d5-rgb-pwm-pump/reservoir-combo/) .
Please advise regarding this and anything else that you deem I must know for a guy who is planning on doing his first time watercooling loop.
Thanking you in advance
BabeBunny