My PC went back yesterday.
I remembered the posts I had created on other sites and went to fill in the final part of the saga.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20061214040418890&SLanguage=en-us&page=1&board_id=1&model=Striker%20Extreme
A poster on the Asus site thinks that a dual core system should have had the 8 pin power connector used:
So, it looks like my problem was twofold - the 4 pin connector I had was being bent upwards and also, it should have been the 8 pin connector in there.
I still maintain with CyberPower, that they must have been aware of this problem when they shipped it to me.
I remembered the posts I had created on other sites and went to fill in the final part of the saga.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20061214040418890&SLanguage=en-us&page=1&board_id=1&model=Striker%20Extreme
A poster on the Asus site thinks that a dual core system should have had the 8 pin power connector used:
if u are running a dual core cpu u need to connect the 8 pin power connecter to the AUX ATX
So, it looks like my problem was twofold - the 4 pin connector I had was being bent upwards and also, it should have been the 8 pin connector in there.
I still maintain with CyberPower, that they must have been aware of this problem when they shipped it to me.