I purchased a delta 2400watt psu to completely power my current 6 gpu rig so I can expand in future. I am using Asrock H110 PRO BTC motherboard and bought parallel miner 180watt ATX adapter for 24pin and cpu power connections.
I assume my issue should be the same for anyone that build a gpu rig with the H110 BTC using only a single server psu for everything.
So after trying to initially run smos from USB and failing, later finding out it was due to some bad cables, I bought a 120gb ssd and installed Windows 10. I finally have everything running and updated with 2 gpu cards (1070ti). The issue is when I try to add the 3rd gpu (adding one at a time), I get immediate message “you must install 4pin PCIe power”, and can’t proceed.
The board requires 3 additional power plugs on boards to be powered, 2 PCIe (4 pin Molex) and 1 SATA power. The 180wattt ATX adapter I purchased from parallel miner comes with a peripheral wire that has a Molex and 2 SATA power, of which I’m using one SATA for SSD and other for power connector on board and not using Molex.
To power PCIe Power connector on Mobo, I’m using two PCIe to Molex connectors straight from breakout board. The only issue I can think of, those PCIe to Molex only include 2 wires and the pinout in users manual label that 4 pin connector having a detect wire which is the red 5v wire, 2 grounds in middle, and 12v, I only have one ground and the 12v.
This is 180w adapter
https://www.parallelminer.com/product/180watt-max-24pin-atx-power-module-included-sata-molex-cpu-power-connectors-ditch-your-atx-power-supply-entirely/So my main questions is do I need just 12v at the PCIe power 4 pin Molex on Mobo and the issue is with something else or is it not detecting power connected to piwithout the 5v wire? If that isn’t the problem, what could it be?
If I get a Molex wire splitter and use the wire from adapter, that gives me all 4 connections needed, but that very small adapter wire is then powering 4 things, the SSD and all 3 Mobo plugs, is that too much draw?
If the missing 5v wire is the issue, can I leave the existing 12v PCIe power in place straight from breakout board and just add the 5v wire to that Molex plug using the ATX adapter red 5v wire? If
This is my first rig and it’s been a nightmare so far, but I’m in the home stretch, any help is desperately needed.