Video Card Stumper

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Now, I'm no dummy, but I cannot find where to plug
the card into the power supply.
The cable has a normal Molex on one end, and a strange
(to me) very flat & thin female plug on the other end.

Nowhere on the card is a place to plug the female end onto.

Anyone have this card?



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"Miracle Smith" <GetLost@yourexpense.com> wrote in message
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> Now, I'm no dummy, but I cannot find where to plug
> the card into the power supply.
> The cable has a normal Molex on one end, and a strange
> (to me) very flat & thin female plug on the other end.
>
> Nowhere on the card is a place to plug the female end onto.
>
> Anyone have this card?

pix?

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On 17 Aug 2005 21:59:32 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:

> Now, I'm no dummy, but I cannot find where to plug
> the card into the power supply.

Uh huh.

> The cable has a normal Molex on one end

Sounds like a molex connector.

> and a strange (to me) very flat & thin female plug on the other end.

Sounds like a SATA connector.

> Nowhere on the card is a place to plug the female end onto.

So don't plug it in then.

> Anyone have this card?

Aye, I have one that doesn't require an extra power connection.

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Mr K wrote:
> On 17 Aug 2005 21:59:32 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:
>
>> Now, I'm no dummy, but I cannot find where to plug
>> the card into the power supply.
>
> Uh huh.
>
>> The cable has a normal Molex on one end
>
> Sounds like a molex connector.
>
>> and a strange (to me) very flat & thin female plug on the other end.
>
> Sounds like a SATA connector.
>
>> Nowhere on the card is a place to plug the female end onto.
>
> So don't plug it in then.
>
>> Anyone have this card?
>
> Aye, I have one that doesn't require an extra power connection.


Can it powered by the bus connection alone?



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Miracle Smith wrote:
> Can it powered by the bus connection alone?
^
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"Miracle Smith" <GetLost@yourexpense.com> wrote in message
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> Mr K wrote:
>> On 17 Aug 2005 21:59:32 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Now, I'm no dummy, but I cannot find where to plug
>>> the card into the power supply.
>>
>> Uh huh.
>>
>>> The cable has a normal Molex on one end
>>
>> Sounds like a molex connector.
>>
>>> and a strange (to me) very flat & thin female plug on the other end.
>>
>> Sounds like a SATA connector.
>>
>>> Nowhere on the card is a place to plug the female end onto.
>>
>> So don't plug it in then.
>>
>>> Anyone have this card?
>>
>> Aye, I have one that doesn't require an extra power connection.
>
>
> Can it powered by the bus connection alone?

PCI Express slots can supply power, so yes.

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Miracle Smith wrote:
>
> Can it powered by the bus connection alone?

Well, having once started my PC after unplugging the molex connector
from my graphics card, yes, you can run it on the bus alone.

At the worst case, as in my case, you won't get any video output, but it
won't catch on fire or anything.

 

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Frank van Schie wrote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
>>
>> Can it powered by the bus connection alone?
>
> Well, having once started my PC after unplugging the molex connector
> from my graphics card, yes, you can run it on the bus alone.
>
> At the worst case, as in my case, you won't get any video output, but
> it won't catch on fire or anything.


Well, this one seems to run fine so far. It even ran through the
WinFast screen real quick at startup, stopping at the 256MB mark
just like it should. I was more than a bit surprised to see that, not
having a single drive in this bad boy yet.
I'll be happy to get the rest of the WinFast software installed, so
I can use the WinFox to monitor it.



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"Miracle Smith" <GetLost@yourexpense.com> wrote in news:4303b647_3
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> Can it powered by the bus connection alone?

I don't recall which card you have, but my 6800GT comes with a Molex
connector and a Y cable to get more power to the card. I'm only using one
feed from the power supply at the moment. This really is only needed when
you start using the 3D features of the GPU, as that's what draws the watts.

The slot connector provides power, but the pins are relatively tiny for the
amount of current needed to power the GPU at full utilization. That means
they act like resistors, and that causes the voltage at the card to dip.
That can cause the GPU to spaz out. It's kinda like when you have a laggy
carburator and, when you step on the gas, you kill the engine. The extra
power connectors give you a fat hunk of copper to feed extra juice into the
card under heavy load and avoid that dip.

 

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ScratchMonkey wrote:
> "Miracle Smith" <GetLost@yourexpense.com> wrote in news:4303b647_3
> @news6.uncensored-news.com:
>
>> Can it powered by the bus connection alone?
>
> I don't recall which card you have, but my 6800GT comes with a Molex
> connector and a Y cable to get more power to the card. I'm only using
> one feed from the power supply at the moment. This really is only
> needed when you start using the 3D features of the GPU, as that's
> what draws the watts.
>
> The slot connector provides power, but the pins are relatively tiny
> for the amount of current needed to power the GPU at full
> utilization. That means they act like resistors, and that causes the
> voltage at the card to dip. That can cause the GPU to spaz out. It's
> kinda like when you have a laggy carburator and, when you step on the
> gas, you kill the engine. The extra power connectors give you a fat
> hunk of copper to feed extra juice into the card under heavy load and
> avoid that dip.


Well then, this is a stumper. Mine is a (WinFast) PX6800 TDH with
"multi GPU technology". NewEgg threw a connector into the shipping
box with it and the 2 HDs, but it's a Molex at one end and a weird-looking
thing at the other.
But *nowhere* on the card is there another place for *any* connector.

I'm stumped.



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"Miracle Smith" <GetLost@yourexpense.com> wrote in message
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> ScratchMonkey wrote:
>> "Miracle Smith" <GetLost@yourexpense.com> wrote in news:4303b647_3
>> @news6.uncensored-news.com:
>>
>>> Can it powered by the bus connection alone?
>>
>> I don't recall which card you have, but my 6800GT comes with a Molex
>> connector and a Y cable to get more power to the card. I'm only using
>> one feed from the power supply at the moment. This really is only
>> needed when you start using the 3D features of the GPU, as that's
>> what draws the watts.
>>
>> The slot connector provides power, but the pins are relatively tiny
>> for the amount of current needed to power the GPU at full
>> utilization. That means they act like resistors, and that causes the
>> voltage at the card to dip. That can cause the GPU to spaz out. It's
>> kinda like when you have a laggy carburator and, when you step on the
>> gas, you kill the engine. The extra power connectors give you a fat
>> hunk of copper to feed extra juice into the card under heavy load and
>> avoid that dip.
>
>
> Well then, this is a stumper. Mine is a (WinFast) PX6800 TDH with
> "multi GPU technology". NewEgg threw a connector into the shipping
> box with it and the 2 HDs, but it's a Molex at one end and a weird-looking
> thing at the other.
> But *nowhere* on the card is there another place for *any* connector.
>
> I'm stumped.

Your card appears to be completely powered by the PCI-E slot, which is
possible.

Quixote

 

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> Your card appears to be completely powered by the PCI-E slot, which is
> possible.
>
> Quixote


Well then, I'm going to leave it the hell alone and see
what happens! LOL

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