GPU Connection Issue

iMammoth

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So I recently bought a PNY Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti XLR8.
It arrived via fedex super pumped I quickly put it in my PC.
I ran into a little problem...
The GPU has two 6-pin slots on the side
It came with only 1 of the 6-pin to Molex cables.
So I plugged it in connected the two molex ends and powered it on.
It booted up and greeted me with ugly news.
It read: Please power down and connect the PCIe power cables (s) the the GPU.
So am I just and uber noob and did something stupid?
Or whats going on here?
I have a video of my rig and the card eith the cables and also pictures as well.
Not sure how to post them!
Again im pretty new to the internals of the PC so I wouldnt be surprised if I simply did something wrong!
Thanks all!!!
 
Solution
Hi. What power supply unit do you have? You have to connect the PCI-E cables from your power supply unit to the 2 6-pin connectors on the side of your graphics card like so:
psu-pcie.jpg


The PCI-E connector is the 3rd on from the left in the picture below:
psu-plugs.jpg

johnsonjohnson

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Hi. What power supply unit do you have? You have to connect the PCI-E cables from your power supply unit to the 2 6-pin connectors on the side of your graphics card like so:
psu-pcie.jpg


The PCI-E connector is the 3rd on from the left in the picture below:
psu-plugs.jpg
 
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iMammoth

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