Question about CPU power and CPU pins and BIOS fla

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   For now I have three questions (for Skybuck's Super PC 2023 build):

1. The CPU power, on the motherboard there are two headers/ports, two 2x8 power slots. Must both be connected with power cables ? The manual doesn't really say. Is there such a thing as delivering too much power to the CPU ?! ;)

2. The CPU pins ? I thought the pins were on the motherboard socket, but I did not see them. Since I have not unpacked the processor yet, maybe the typical golden pins are on the CPU itself ? and I am confused with threadripper ?

3. The BIOS flashback feature of the motherboard does it need RAM chips mounted to operate/work ? (It's supposed to be able to work without a CPU, but what about RAM chips, besides from power, does it need anything else ? Also a more detailed question perhaps, which power cables must be connected to operate BIOS flashback successfull ?

(Later I will augment this post with links to videos inspecting/pondering question 1 and question 2, question 3 will be a bit more complex and will require a second computer, usb stick, some kind of fat system and a bios file renamed to something peculiar/particular ;)

Bye for now,
Skybuck. 

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Skybuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Status: Offline Points: 1290	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skybuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Question about CPU power and CPU pins and BIOS fla Posted: 09 Oct 2023 at 2:44am
	For now I have three questions (for Skybuck's Super PC 2023 build): 1. The CPU power, on the motherboard there are two headers/ports, two 2x8 power slots. Must both be connected with power cables ? The manual doesn't really say. Is there such a thing as delivering too much power to the CPU ?! ;) 2. The CPU pins ? I thought the pins were on the motherboard socket, but I did not see them. Since I have not unpacked the processor yet, maybe the typical golden pins are on the CPU itself ? and I am confused with threadripper ? 3. The BIOS flashback feature of the motherboard does it need RAM chips mounted to operate/work ? (It's supposed to be able to work without a CPU, but what about RAM chips, besides from power, does it need anything else ? Also a more detailed question perhaps, which power cables must be connected to operate BIOS flashback successfull ? (Later I will augment this post with links to videos inspecting/pondering question 1 and question 2, question 3 will be a bit more complex and will require a second computer, usb stick, some kind of fat system and a bios file renamed to something peculiar/particular ;) Bye for now, Skybuck.

Skybuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Status: Offline Points: 1290	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skybuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Oct 2023 at 2:46am
	Sorry I forgot to mention which motherboard it is: B650E ASRock Steel Legend Wifi

Skybuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Status: Offline Points: 1290	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skybuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 2023 at 8:27pm
	To answer my own questions ! ;) 1. I connected both just in case, supplies power great to CPU, no issues so far. 2. I didn't see any CPU pins, but it works :) 3. Bios flashback only needs power supply and motherboard as far as I can re-call, no cpu, no memory, nice feature ! Ofcourse do make sure not to short circuit the motherboard, install in PC case first for safety reasons ! ;)