New graphics card problem(help!)-SOLVED!!!

you need to plug in a lead from your power supply to the graphics card. like i said its the same connector your cd drives use.

 

it should be a white plug on the card with 4 pins in it , some are black . if that is what you have , you use a molex power connector from the power supply to supply power to it . your power supply should have a extra one that isnt being used .


sorry guys i was replying at the same time .

 

ok, just tried there.....there is no where to put the connector, there are no spaces at the power supply or anywhere to put the connector:S what should i do now? would it help if i took photos of the inside or what?

 

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you dont plug anything into the powersupply there are leads coming out of your power supply yes.

the leads that lead out of your power supply and into your cd drives and hard drives. you get on of the leads that isnt plugged into anything and plug it into the graphics card

 

are you saying the video card does have the 4 pin molex connector on it ? if that is what you mean and you dont have any more extra leads coming off the power supply you will need a Y cable . this allows you to use one power lead for 2 devices .

 

there arent any spare wires coming from the power supply out inot the hard drive and cd crive?

 

okay then the leads which you got with the card did they look anything like this?



or anything similar

 

thats them! theres nowhere to put them!

 

right then. unplug a power cable from one of your cd drives and plug it into the female end of that cable (thats the end that things fit into ;P). this now splits that into 2 cables. plug one of them back into your cd drive and the other into the graphics card

 

Then go down to your nearest pc store and pick up a couple of splitters, exactly as shown in the pic above. Then just unplug one of your drives and connect them to it and to the video card. That's it.

 

if your still having trouble getting your head round it take a look at this

http://www.crucial.com/install/videocard9800pro_2.asp

its not specific to your graphics card but the same applies

if you still cant fit your graphics card in after reading that im giving up lol

 

Don't be a smart ass, of course I read his post.

 

then why the hell did you ask if hed installed drivers when he couldnt boot his system

smart ass

 

lol bcm652
anyways i have a 6800GT and if i look directly at it there is a plug not the same as a 4pin molex its a tiny black one, you mustve received a plug that goes from tiny little black plug to a 4pin female molex plug?? And if he dont then thats what he needs, and if there is no plug at all on the card then its fuct

 

here we go

Nice Card by the way :-D

 

nice illustration . the black plug is what i was trying to refer in my previous post . im with everyone else in thinking it needs power supplied to it . i dont think the drivers not being loaded has much to do with this issue . the system must boot before the drivers can be loaded . if all else fails the pc can be brought to a local computer shop and they should be able to take care of this issue .

 

thanks alot guys, got it working!, i took out one of the leads from the cd drive, then connected the molex to the cable i took out, and the other end of the cd-drive, that powered up my graphics card! cheers.genius's!

 

no problem , good to hear you got it working . nice video card btw .