Explained - PLEASE POWER DOWN AND CONNECT THE PCIe POWER CABLE(S) FOR THIS GRAPHICS CARD (Short ver)

This is a shorten version of the video linked below, which explains the issue related to the message: "PLEASE POWER DOWN AND CONNECT THE PCIe POWER CABLE(S) FOR THIS GRAPHICS CARD" and gives some technical background behind the problem.

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[matthewcohen]

Your video saved me. My power supply came with 2 CPU 8 pin connectors and they won’t power via the 8 pin on my graphics card. Thank god you knew the solution, and exactly which 8 pin connector will work because when you get that error message you can’t even get back to the BIOS set up. Thank you so much!! Priceless video!

[sparqzie]

Bro that pc ain’t living, it’s surviving.

[aLeKyCaRai_]

hello dimcho, i bought a new rtx 2060 and my psu, that has 600w, just has one 8pin connector for the motherboard, and im wondering if it is safe to use an adapter

[tcaponeoone]

when I turn on my pc it displays please power down and connect the pcie power cables for this graphics card even though it’s plug in all the way in could you help please

[VeggyZ]

My PSU from 8 years ago came with a plethora of extra cables, including several spare 6 and 8 pin connectors... I think until just this moment, I assumed they all came with that much, haha.

Well, that PSU is on it's way out, along with the motherboard (1st memory channel failed semi-recently.... it still "works" but it's a lot less stable) so I'll be buying an upgrade... I sincerely HOPE I can find some online indication of the amount and type of power cords that come with it. I ASSUME this is listed, but I have not looked. Do I really have to worry about the PSU not coming with the proper cords for a modern system? I would have imagined this was a big problem about a decade ago - it's incredibly sad (I assume it's cost-cutting...) that this is even a thing from power supply manufacturers, in 2023.

PC gaming is just getting "Accessible" to the peasantry, but unexpected things like that sure put a lot of potential PC enthusiasts off - I almost don't blame them, it's one of the most frustrating experiences ever, to put down the money to build something like this, only to find out some part you wouldn't have thought of or assumed would be present, isn't - and that's to say nothing of the other trials of becoming PC literate!

...that said, I still will never go back.

[dansvok]

Thank you so much for your video. Greetings from Spain.

[notu]

I have gtx 970 even if it's connected to pci adapter it showing connect pci adapter

[mohammeddawood]

Hello.. Please help
I have gtx 1050ti msi
I got this message with 6pin cable
And when I remove the 6pin the card didn't work

[sircheesealotthethird]

I just got a pc and there is another one of these cables attached to another which is plugged in do I need to plug in the other one? If so where does it go?

[valko.]

Bratle shte si kupuvam 1050 TI da vkaram v kompa mi shtoto kompa mi e bez gpu tei moshe li da te popitam 1050TI ima li nushta ot pcie cabeli ili samo go vkarvash i raboti? i drugo moqt powe supply e 350W shte ima li kapel za grapchics cartata.MERSI

[quasiesports]

What would have been better to show people was you buying the correct PSU, which has the correct cables.

Anyone with a camera can post tech videos....it doesn't mean they know what they're talking about.

[uzairdon]

Bro i buy the the 6 pin or 8 pin pcie cable it work 1st time than again this error 😥 my graphic card is Nvidia 750

[arthurtjahja]

Update your bios work for me no more error ....

[muharyaputrar]

My pc can't turned on whenever i plug the vga cable power

[GOKUBLACK-skux]

I just bought the GTX 1070 KATANA but for some reason my pc not detecting the graphics card. The graphics card uses 6 pins with extra 2 (6+2). If I plug in the the six pins it tells me to PLEASE POWER DOWN AND CONNECT PCIe POWER CABLEs FOR THIS GRAPHICS CARD. And when do connect the extra it displays nothing. The pc don’t even detect the graphics. Can someone please advice or give me a solution ? Thanks

[أريزوثا]

It is happening to me because unfortunately I dropped my PC down and this message shows up, so can I relief that it's the only problem?

[vlone]

Even though everything is connected it’s still showing this

[ilbiffa]

Sorry my bad english. My GPU is a GTX 1060 single fan (ITX) with a 6 pin connector. I have this problem. How can I do?

[EmM-komu]

I broke one of the pins in the connector. Just pushed it back and it started working again.

[TeasingPredator]

All you needed to do was to chain the two last pins on the graphics card.
It gets enough power through the PCI-E slot and the 6-pin power connector.

Try it out and make a new video ;)