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GreatBigMouth

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Hi guys,

I finally received my long-awaited GeForce 9600GT today. I noticed though that it came with a 6-pin external power cable with 2x Molex connectors on the other end of it. There are 2 extra molex connectors running from my PSU. I'm assuming that is where I should plug the cable from the graphics card into? If so, should I plug both the Molex connectors from the graphics card into both the free molex connectors from the Power Supply? :confused:

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Right, prior to posting this, I had called Matrix to get some telephonic advice. :p However, he told me that only one of the Molex connectors from the Graphics card needs to be plugged into the PSU. So I've got the other one just hanging around on the inside of the box. Is it necessary to plug in both of the connectors from the GPU into both of the connectors on the PSU, or just one of them?
 
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GreatBigMouth said:
Right, prior to posting this, I had called Matrix to get some telephonic advice. :p However, he told me that only one of the Molex connectors from the Graphics card needs to be plugged into the PSU. So I've got the other one just hanging around on the inside of the box. Is it necessary to plug in both of the connectors from the GPU into both of the connectors on the PSU, or just one of them?
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Hmmm, good question. Can't say I've ever given it much thought, I've always plugged both in. I'd say do it just to be on the safe side ;)
 
Romour on the interwebs has it that its less stable with 1 only (that was for an ATI though)...but that doesn't make much sense to me.
 
i dunno hey plug the one in and see how you go

if it seems dodgy plug the second one

they would not have given you both if where not suppose to plug them in im sure
 
HavocXphere said:
Romour on the interwebs has it that its less stable with 1 only (that was for an ATI though)...but that doesn't make much sense to me.
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If the 2 free molex plugs is on one cable from the PSU, surely plugging in either one or two would have the Exact same effect?

killadoob said:
they would not have given you both if where not suppose to plug them in im sure
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Or they put on 2 so that you do not need to "give up" a molex plug, this way you lose one and gain one. Don't know
 
yea if the one is male and the other female then yes

if they both the same sex then i think plug them both in :)
 
ld13 said:
If the 2 free molex plugs is on one cable from the PSU, surely plugging in either one or two would have the Exact same effect?



Or they put on 2 so that you do not need to "give up" a molex plug, this way you lose one and gain one. Don't know
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Makes sence :)
 
ld13 said:
If the 2 free molex plugs is on one cable from the PSU, surely plugging in either one or two would have the Exact same effect?
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Yes, the connectors are on one cable running from the PSU. I plugged in one of them to the cable from the GPU and connected the 6-pin. It seems to run fine, but I'll do some benchmarks and see how the performance of the card is. It won't be "unhealthy" for the card if only one Molex connector is plugged in, would it?
 
maestro_za said:
I was Laughing My Ass Off for what killadoob said ... sowwy ;)
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ooops! my bad :o *soory* lol only caught on now :)

If the card is not getting enough power Nvida control panel will pop up as soon as windows starts telling you to "plug it in"
 
ld13 said:
If the 2 free molex plugs is on one cable from the PSU, surely plugging in either one or two would have the Exact same effect?
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You are assuming that both plugs are combined again on the cards side. Maybe the two plugs power separate parts of the card...I dunno.
 
First question does your psu have a pci express 6 pin power connector if it has you shouldn't be using the molex connector since the pci express connector will be better.

If you need to use the connector you need to plug both molex connectors in else you might be underpowering the gpu.
 
My PSU doesn't have a 6-pin connector. It only has 2 free molex connectors. The cable that came with the Graphics Card is a 6-pin connector, with two molex connectors on the other end of it. Like I said, I plugged in one of the connectors from the GPU to one of the connectors from the PSU. How will I know if my GPU is underpowered or not?

PS:This is the exact card that I have.
http://www.inno3d.com/products/graphic_card/gf9/9600gt_ac_l1.htm
 
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