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Major Issues!

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:33 pm
by Sovnig
Well, I've just bought a new computer (hooray for me!), and now I want to put my 1337 gfx-card into it!
But where on earth is that power-cable-thingie to put onto the gfx card located (are you sposed to buy those?)
So far all I've gotten from my sweat and tears trying to make it work is a bleeding finger since the puter wouldn't let me open it TOO easily O_o

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:56 pm
by Clown
Not all graphics cards have them. Just for your information though, they use the same ones as for your hard drive. They're called 4 pin molexes.

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:03 pm
by Sovnig
So, should there be one of these thingies hanging around somewhere in the computer or should I invest in one?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:37 pm
by Clown
If you have a spare one coming from the power supply, you can use it. If not, you can buy a 'Y-splitter'. This just makes one of those sockets into two. Shouldn't cost too much.

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:50 pm
by flz
btw clowneh , doesnt ati mostly use the small molex thingies you need for your floppy drive ?

Just use the right one (big or small) comes with your power supply.
i recommend to use a single cable (without any other devices plugged into it) to get more stability. 8)

edit: Normally these y-adapters are included in every gfx package (bulk or retail) if its required to use it.

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:58 pm
by Clown
My 9800 Pro didn't use the smaller floppy drive power cable thing. I don't think the newer ones do either. Could be wrong though :)

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:05 pm
by flz
ok, i had a look. :P

It seems that Ati changed it to get more mechanical stability.
The small molex connector was used on older Radeon 9500/9700 cards.
New cards like the x-series should be equipped with the bigger one. 8)

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:51 am
by chron
If the computer is that new, are you using a pci-express card? Some of them use a 4 pins p4 plug like thingy. Its on most of the newer power supplys above or around 400W.

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:56 am
by Sovnig
Well I managed to install it now :D
I just stole my floppy disks powercable, and now it works perfectly, yay!