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I new to building up a PC..Is the power for 8800 gts come from the 16X pci-e connector itself? When I turned the system power button on, case speaker made an alarm sound....no video came up...there are connectors on the IP35 pro MB labelled PCI-e power and AUX pci power

Do I need to connect power to those 2 MB connectors for 8800 gts to work?

Thanks in advance ,
Vince

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Theres a power connector for the GTS? ...You have to plug something into the card, I dont know what, it should have came with your gfx card. It plugs on the end of the card.

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Power for the GTS comes from the pcie slot and also a 6 pin pcie connection from the psu, if your psu does not have a 6 pin connector you would use the "Y" adaptor that is included with the card.
The connections on your motherboard are there to provide power to it not to the card.

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If your PSU doesnt have a PCI-E 6pin connector, you can use a molex to PCI-E connector. It does take 2 molex's though.

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Thank guys for the help so far...But I just want to be clear...the 8800 gts card has only 1 connector...the big 16x pci-e one

look at this pic of the ip35 pro MB
http://s201.photobucket.com/albums [...] 800gts.jpg
which of those 2 connectors do i need plug from the power supply?...
thanks Vince

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vince32837 wrote :

look at this picture and follow the red line:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Show [...] Video+Card

------------------------------ P35-DS3L Rev 2 bios F9C l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.232v l OCZ Vendetta 2 /LGA775 Bolt-Thru l 4GB G.Skill 8800PI@1000mhz 4:5 @ 1.87v l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista32 SP2 l Win7 X64 7600
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PCIe 1 is an expansion slot not a power connection, the 4 pin Molex connection is there to provide extra power for the second PCIe slot if you intend to go sli.
Put the card in the slot, add the 6 pin connection from the psu to the card and enjoy.

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thanks guys that was it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....I'm loading XP pro now

building a PC from the case up...pretty nice feeling..........

thanks Vince

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