A8n-sli Deluxe

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RJT Wrote:
> BrianMarleneLang wrote:-
> you have lost me I have the A8N deluxe and Ihave a 20 pin connector
> and the
> 4 pin connected to the board for SLI I have nothing more than the ASUS
> A8N
> conector bridging the vid cards I have no power directly to my pci e
> cards
> ,your saying that this MB should have the vids connected to a seperate
> power
> supply along with the molex to the MB? also this is oe of the best
> systems
> Ive been able to afford-
>
> If you have 6800GT's or Ultra's, you will need to connect the 6pin
> plug
> onto the PCIe cards themselves. If you have any other nVidia card, you
> won't need to connect a seperate powerplug onto the card, as it doesnt
> need that much power.
>
> So if you have the Enermax EG701AX-VE and an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe, then
> you should connect the power cables as follows:
>
> check this picture for details:
> http://www.enermax.com.tw/upload/allin1cable0311.jpg
>
> - plug the 24 pin power connector (top left in the picture) into the
> mainboard socket.
> - make sure you connect the additional 4pin CPU power connector
> (bottom
> left in picture) into the socket next to the CPU, otherwise it will not
> run.
> - the 6pin connector (top right in picture) goes into the power-socket
> on power-hungry PCIe cards. You will find a socket like it on nVidia
> 6800GT or Ultra cards, but not on the 6800 vanilla or 6600 series.
> This
> connector is not for the mainboard, but for PCIe cards.
> - connect a molex into the EZplug socket next to the PCIe socket when
> running an SLI setup.
> - connect everything else (ATA/SATA/fans and the like)
> and you should be fine.
>
> RJT

Thanks a lot, i was totally baffled by the 6 pin connectors and didnt
realise that they actually went on the higher end boards, ie the
ultras, the power supply instructions are a not that specific, i
appreciate your help and advice.

Gary


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