I don't think the EVGA G2 1000 has that PSU start up piece. All I'm trying to avoid is having to hook up that monster power cable. I grabbed a few of these, which I'll then insert the pins myself and jumper it. I have the tools to make them. This way I won't need to bother plugging in that heavy/long power cable.
According to EVGA's "what's in the box" section in the manual for the 1000 G2:
(1) EVGA Power Supply
(1) EVGA Manual
(4) Mounting Screws
(1) EVGA PSU Tester (24-pin)(1) EVGA Cable Bag
(1) 24-pin ATX Cable (2) 4+4 pin EPS12V CPU Cables
(4) 6+2 pin PCI-E VGA Cables
(2) 6+2 pin + 6 pin PCI-E VGA Cables
(2) 3 SATA cables
(2) 2 SATA cables
(1) 3 Molex cable
(1) 2 Molex cable + 1 Floppy connector
(1) Power Cord cable
The 1300s I have indeed had that part in the box, and is why I stated that I was quite sure the 1000 G2 did as well.
Anyway, there are plenty of people that make the jumpers, or as you've seen you can make your own with virtually no effort. Of course you can always go the paperclip route, too
EDIT: Ohh... you don't even want the 24-pin ATX cable attached at all, you just want to jumper directly on the PSU. Huh... you know, I didn't even attempt to plug the PSU tester directly into the PSU, I just plugged the ATX cable into the PSU and the PSU tester into the ATX cable. Now I'm going to have to see if I could have just gotten away with plugging the tester into the PSU itself, and if it works I'm going to feel a bit silly for having that giant cable plugged in for no reason at all for the past 9 months