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Slasherman   03-03-2009 at 09:57:01 AM

Greetings Gentlefolk,

I have just wasted a day purchasing a Gigabyte GeForce 9600 GT and attempting to install it... without success.

It seems that the brain-dead, whacked out monkey who put my computer together in the first place has managed to include a lovely Asus M2N-MX SE with a PCI EX 16 slot but neglected to include a 6 pin power cable in the package.

Now, my power supply seems fine, it's an ATX - 550W, the only thing that's missing is the cable. Now what I need to know is, am I going to have to dash out and spend more hard-earned on a new PSU, or is there some way of adding the cable or adapting one that's already in there?

As you can probably tell I know next to nothing about the guts of a computer, hence the whole someone else putting it together thing. Any assistance will be much appreciated.

Cheers.

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Greetings Gentlefolk,

I have just wasted a day purchasing a Gigabyte GeForce 9600 GT and attempting to install it... without success.

It seems that the brain-dead, whacked out monkey who put my computer together in the first place has managed to include a lovely Asus M2N-MX SE with a PCI EX 16 slot but neglected to include a 6 pin power cable in the package.

Now, my power supply seems fine, it's an ATX - 550W, the only thing that's missing is the cable. Now what I need to know is, am I going to have to dash out and spend more hard-earned on a new PSU, or is there some way of adding the cable or adapting one that's already in there?

As you can probably tell I know next to nothing about the guts of a computer, hence the whole someone else putting it together thing. Any assistance will be much appreciated.

Cheers.



The 9600GT should have one of these 2 x 4 pin molex to 6 pin PCIE as an included accessory. The MB monkey does not provide this adapter, the video card chimp does.

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abhijith   03-03-2009 at 10:33:58 AM

The 6 pin connector is supposed to come with your power supply. You can buy a 6 pin connector and also you can use the molex to 6 pin adapter that came with the graphics card.

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badge   03-03-2009 at 10:42:59 AM
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Slasherman wrote :

Greetings Gentlefolk,

I have just wasted a day purchasing a Gigabyte GeForce 9600 GT and attempting to install it... without success.

It seems that the brain-dead, whacked out monkey who put my computer together in the first place has managed to include a lovely Asus M2N-MX SE with a PCI EX 16 slot but neglected to include a 6 pin power cable in the package.

Now, my power supply seems fine, it's an ATX - 550W, the only thing that's missing is the cable. Now what I need to know is, am I going to have to dash out and spend more hard-earned on a new PSU, or is there some way of adding the cable or adapting one that's already in there?

As you can probably tell I know next to nothing about the guts of a computer, hence the whole someone else putting it together thing. Any assistance will be much appreciated.

Cheers.



The 9600GT should have one of these 2 x 4 pin molex to 6 pin PCIE as an included accessory. The MB monkey does not provide this adapter, the video card chimp does.

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Slasherman   03-03-2009 at 02:33:22 PM

It appears, dear friends, that my video card has only come packed with HDMI converters and SLI cables. There was nothing included that allows such molex to 6 pin conversion.

I fear I am restricted to purchasing a new PSU. But thank you for your assistance. I feel you have helped me to understand that I have been somehow ripped off...

Oh well, back to the shops tomorrow, I guess.

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Delluser1   03-03-2009 at 04:31:05 PM

Slasherman wrote :



I fear I am restricted to purchasing a new PSU.


Probably a good idea anyway, a 550 watt psu with no pcie connector can't be all that good.

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