Stupid question on PSU

[Luke7777]

Xeno, RTFM, it's for a good cause If scared, take it to a pc shop and let them check. If in doubt, speak to the guys at Comp-only, that's where I take mine if I have a prob.

 

[Xenophon]

RTFM? Blonde moment

At least Friday's my last day then I am on leave for a week. I will conquer the PC, I will take no prisoners

 

[Thorin]

..............look at the back of the graphics card. See plug. Take spare power plug from PSU and insert it into plug ( will only fit one way unless you force it )

Turn on PC. Problem solved.

 

[Juggy]

That would be it, I made the same mistake the other day:doh:

 

[stoke]

Wierd- my PCI-X 6600 GT Gigabytes don't come with power socket on-card. Is there a power problem with AGP ?

 

[Juggy]

I think mainly the AGP ones need the power from another source as the PCIx bus carries more power than AGP. I could be wrong.

 

[Thorin]

Only the AGP 6600GT cards do............as they can't pull enough power from the AGP socket.

 

[Juggy]

Only the AGP 6600GT cards do............as they can't pull enough power from the AGP socket.

And there you have it, thanks for the info

 

[Xenophon]

Sure - why not connect 10 car batteries in series to give that extra boost to Doom3.

LOL

Only took me 2 1/2 hours to catch that one.

 

[Xenophon]

There is now power input on the card or at the back of the card. Only another insert that looks the same as where I plug my monitor in.

 

[gkm]

That is surprising. The connector usually looks the same as the one for the stiffy drive and tend to be on the top right hand corner of the card when looking at the side of the card with the fan etc. Can you maybe please post the exact card make and model?

 

[thisgeek]

Nope - PCIe cards (depending on the card obviously) also needs additional power.

My Geforce 7800GTs each have a 6 pin PCIe power connector. My 500W Antec ATX 2.0 power supply has (fortunately) 2 of these connectors hard wired, although you get adapter cables with the standard molex connector on it with the cards.

 

[Xenophon]

Finally it seems I am making sense here. Luckily I have halfday so I can check it out quickly.

 

[Xenophon]

Yippee, graphics card sorted out, thanx guys.

When I got home yesterday I reconnected all my hardware and made it neater. Polished it a bit with Mr Min NOOOOt. Now I just have about another 10000 programs to sort out.