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That's an SLI connector used for connecting two nVidia graphics cards together in SLI mode.

 

The Hiper PS works just fine in my old PC.

Bad mobo?

I tried taking everything out of the PC and reinstalling it. Still nothing. I hate to take this PC to a shop to get it looked at. I have no idea what to do now.

Any more suggestions?

 

your old mobo may not be ATX2, but it is possible that your board is DOA. You could try disconnecting some stuff (to avoid overload) and use an old PSU in your new board if you have one.

 

I am sending the mobo back to newegg. Hopefully that will resolve my issue.

 

Hooked up that hiper 580 PSU and changed old ide ribbin cable to some round ones and man am I happy. heat dropped by 10 degrees "O" Ya... very pleased! just have to pretty up the cabling.... nice machine there sammorris...Next new drives!!!

 

Lol thanks very much! Yeah rounded cables help a lot. If only I could work out why that image takes so long to load. I suppose it was uploaded quite a while ago. There are now two grey crescents on each side of the side fan from the dust that's accumulated!

 

how well does this card work im in the market for a new low budget computer and this card fairs well out of my other choices i dont have any other choices i just need to know how well this will perform against games like WoW on full settings

256MB PCI Express ATI Radeon X600 SE HyperMemory

 

The X600Se is a pretty damn slow card if you want my honest opinion! How much do you have to spend and where are you from? We can undoubtedly find you something better for the same price, or less!

 

unless someone can build me a semi decent computer for 400 or less im screwed X__X and thats the best i can get

 

i would wait till you can afford something worth buying/building then

 

A whole computer? Well it can be done for $400, easily, it just depends what you class as decent.


Athlon64 3500+ $91.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533
Asus A8N5X $93.12 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569
wD Caviar SE 80GB $48.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106
Thermaltake 430W $24.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023
NEC DVD Writer $28.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058
Raidmax Elite Case $33.31 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811156011
Gecube X800GTO 256MB $76.12 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814241021

Aha! Who said it couldn't be done? Post-rebates that's $396.52, and really, I actually would class that as a decent PC!

 

I am going to build a system for someone based on the new nforce 590 SLI Intel Edition shipping next month. Is there any real advantage in using the same manufacturer for both the vid card and the mb?

For instance, if I get an Asus mb, would an Asus 7950GX2 offer any real advantages over an XFX or BFG 7950GX2?

 

I kind of figured that too. The only reason I thought Asus would be good is that they will probably be the first to market with the Intel version of the nforce 590 board and since it is high end, they might run there version of the 7950GX2 through a bit more QC than others might have a chance to.

 

wyntre, i have that card with the Asus mobo(per my sig) and its works fine ,keep in mind the 7950 GX2 takes up TWO PCI slots

 

@ sammorris
Noticed you have a Zalman CNPS7000Alcu on your CPU... I have the same CPU. What was the drop in temp from switching from the MFG. cooling fan?

 

For GP how do I put a picture in my sig.?

 

Ierland has a lot of time on his hands lol. I do love all the pics. there perfect for the moment.

~Domreis

 

I was looking at some LCD monitors and I noticed that there is a 20" and a 20.1"? what is the .1- does it have something to do with how wide it is?