Big Bang Xpower PSU question

I have a Corsair 750W PSU which only has one 8pin connector for the board. There are 2 of them on the board, is it ok to only have 1 of them plugged in? Will I still be able to overclock using the OC genie? If i can get around 3.2ghz with my i7920 that will keep me happy for now until I can throw down on a 1000w psu.
MSI big bang Xpower
i7920
Kingston HyperX DDR3 pc2000
GTX 480
Corsair 750w PSU
Corsair H50 CPU cooler

 As HU16E states and the manual shows when you intend to use OC Genie Cell Menu settings must be at factory defaults, the only thing you should change is Spread Spectrum to 'disable'. Best thing to do if you intend to use OC Genie would be to clear CMOS prior to using it. Better is to disable it and manually OC anyway since you can get a pretty good OC with very little trouble on the ix MB's leaving most settings on auto.
 Corsair TX750  is probably more power than you would ever need, buying a more powerful PSU just to have a power connector you don't need is certainly a waste of money.

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  • MSI Big Bang Xpower II SLI slowness

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    Don't expect amazing results for SLI configs in ANY condition.
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    Fast forward to now; I installed the new graphics card but I'm still having the same issue. Now I'm thinking it might be the motherboard. So far I've tried disconnecting all USB devices and SATA cables, I've tried all four of my RAM cards one at a time in each of the 8 slots (when they are in the secondary slots the computer never POSTS or beeps or anything just shows "60" on the 7-segment display, when they are in the primary there is no change, still 3 beeps.) I've also tried both the new and old graphics card in each of the PCI-E slots, as well as different PCI-E cables from the PSU. I've tried changing the BIOS switch from A to B and using the Multi-Bios button and I've cleared CMOS for all three BIOSs (I believe they're each a different version.) At this point I'm out of ideas. When the beeps occur the 7-segment reads "d6" if BIOS A is selected or "dE" if BIOS B is selected. Here's two links to videos I took of all the numbers it runs through before showing the temperature:
    https://www.opendrive.com/files?91568868_O4Aod
    https://www.opendrive.com/files?91569018_usduA
    Any help is greatly appreciated. I really need to get this fixed ASAP - it's critical I have the PC to use for my assignments and I don't really have any time to delay. Unfortunately the only other PC I have access to is a 7 year old laptop, so I don't have a ton of parts to swap out with. Also, I haven't yet overclocked this system or anything as I need it to be stable, so there wouldn't be any issues from that. Thanks in advance for your help.
    PC Specs:
    MSI Big Bang XPower II
    G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
    Intel Core i7-3820
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti / ASUS GeForce GTX750TI-OC-2GD5
    Corsair HX850

    Quote from: klrman on 24-October-14, 12:12:35
    Try to connect the monitor to the board instead of  the card and see how it runs with the integrated graphics of the i7.
    Next step to try would be removing 3 sticks of ram and running one stick at a time incase ram is bad.  Look at your motherboard manual which slot to use when running one stick. Don't forget to clear CMOS first.
    X79 chipset has no on-board graphics, but as I said I tried installing a brand new card with no difference.
    I also mentioned I tried each of my 4 RAM sticks in each of the 8 slots, and I cleared CMOS. I wrote a lot though so I don't blame you for missing that.
    Quote from: hpipiw on 24-October-14, 13:13:31
    1 long 2 short beeps means VGA card not detected.
    Are you using UEFI Win8.1?
    This message only shows when you enable windows8/8.1 feature in BIOS (for UEFI OS), and the VGA card do not supports UEFI.
    BIOS default should be "windows8/8.1 feature disable", you can check this setting.
    Yes, I am using UEFI with Windows 8.1. I've been doing so with that graphics card for over a year, and I cleared CMOS (sucessfully, because I had LEDs turned off and turn on when power is restored enabled, and after clearing CMOS both of those reverted) so the Windows 8/8.1 Feature should be set to disable anyways. Since I have no working video output I have no way of verifying or changing anything.

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