Asus P6T Deluxe Question?

[Hitch Itch]

Putting together my first build, Went with an I7 920 set up
All is going well, but I have a couple questions, Rather Safe then Sorry

1: The EATX12 volt pin, Asus manual tells me Not to forget to connect my 4pin/8pin EATX12 v power plug, Ok sounds simple enough, but the mobo had a back cover over the left 4 pin connector, So does Asus want me to only use the right 4 port connector? or do I pull off the blank cover on the left side and plug Both 4 pin connectors In? My power Supply is a TX650w and it has 2-4 port 12 volt plugs

2: Never dealt with E Sata before, I bought a coolermaster rc690 case. There is a E Sata port on the top of the case and the cable needs to be plugged into the mobo, I guess? I didn't find ANY mention of E Sata in the Asus manual. The connector looks just like a regular Sata connector, So do I just plug the E Sata cable into one of the 6 Sata connectors on my mobo>

tx
Ken

 

[dajeepster]

1. plug them both in... wouldn't hurt to have that extra available current.

2. there's two esata connections on the motherboard... it's angled perpendicular to the mother board (i.e. pointing up) and it's near the six sata connectors that are angled to the back of the board (i.e. the part of the board that is closest to the front panal.

that's what i'm recalling anyways.

 

[chinhng]

you would want to use the 8 pin connector. as for the esata there is only one on that board which is on the rear i/o panel. it is the red one right below the 1394 port. do not use the two sata port that is perpendicular to the motherboard as that is for SATA connection and esata will not fit there.

 

[Anosh]

I left the back cover in place and only plugged in a 4pin.
Works like a charm with:
4850
1Raptor+2sata
620w

 

[CJP]

Same here, I left the cover in place. No system instability so far but my pc doesn't have alot of components sucking power.

 

[yh125d]

If your motherboard supports 8-pin CPU power, and your PSU has the proper connectors, it's foolish not to hook it up.

Look around closely at all the sata connectors on your motherboard. There should be some small print near them signifying sata 1, sata 2, sata 3...

There should be two sata connectors separate from the others (although sometimes they're right next to the rest) with print signifying esata 1 and esata 2. This is where you should plug the case esata connector. I'm pretty sure you can plug the esata cable in any of the sata sockets on your motherboard and have functionality, but the ones signified sata may have some sort of auto-detect enabled or some such (confirmation needed)