ATI - 2 Molex to 1 6 Pin - Different to nVidia?

furnace · 2 Feb 2007 at 17:47

Edit: To cut a long question short - these are all the same effectively, right? The middle ones are ground, so it shouldn't matter if they're swapped over?

I bought a power connecter from a local store which was different to my brothers, but modified it to match my brothers. I'm having problems with the computer and want to rule this out as a problem!

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SkeeterUK · 3 Feb 2007 at 09:06

Well the crap generic 4 pin [2x] to [1] pci-e adaptor i got didnt fit in my x1950pro but the new psu i got that had pci-e cables fit perfectly and also used all of the holes compared to 2 wires going in one hole.

It did say ati only when i bought the pci-e adaptor which was weird.

Personally im glad i dont have to bother with the adaptor anymore with this great new psu i have, the corsair hx620w btw.

furnace · 3 Feb 2007 at 09:38

Is there any chance you could explain how your molex to PCI adapter was wired? Or even better, take a photo of it?

Unfortunately I can't afford a new power supply

SkeeterUK · 3 Feb 2007 at 10:05

Well the pci-e from psu has 6 seperate wires, tho cant tell which are yellow and black as there all black (black plastic coated). They use 1 in each of 6 holes on pci-e end plug.

The 2x 4pin to 1x 6pin pci-e is weird as such. And ive seen lots of different configs on the net through googling. But this seems the most used way.

Thats what my adaptor looked like anyhow.

furnace · 3 Feb 2007 at 10:24

Hrm yeah, that's how mine looks too (after changing it).

Oh well, off to my brothers house tomorrow I guess, to swap graphics cards and see if things work properly then.