Seasonic RG34 cable plugs only into 6 pins of 8 pin ASUS motherboard connector

[philb2]

This cable has two motherboard connectors, one with 2 pins and one with 6 pins. The 6 pin connector plugs in no problem to my ASUS ROG x670e Strix-EA motherboard 8 pin connector ATX_12V_1 or ATX_12V_2, but I can’t get the 2 pin cable to plug into either side of that connector. Is the motherboard still going to get all the power it needs?

 

[philb2]

I got the answers I needed in the Power Supply Forums. https://hardforum.com/threads/seaso...herboards-8-pin-plug.2025295/#post-1045566450

TLDR: I was trying to use the wrong cable and would have fried my motherboard.

All I can is that the guys who thought up this system of different plug shapes were real smart.