Supplied the WRONG 2x PCI-E adapter

[NightmareXX]

So my new system arrived and already I'm plagued with problems before I've even been able to get it turned on. This is one of them.

POV GTX 280 for £230 has been supplied with the wrong 2x 6pin PCI-E to 8pin adapter. The card wants a...

Top row - square, rounded, rounded, rounded
Bottom row - rounded, rounded, square, square

and I've been given...

Top row - square, rounded, rounded, square
Bottom row - rounded, square, square, rounded

What can/should I do? My PSU has enough juice for the card but doesn't have the 8pin PCI-E connection as at the time it was made, such connections weren't around.

 

[PCDave]

did you not get a molex - 6/8 pin adapter as well? thats what i had to do with my 4850 1gb

 

[NightmareXX]

Nope, the card came with a 2x molex to 6pin PCI-E and 2x 6pin PCI-E to 8pin PCI-E

 

[NightmareXX]

Yewen or anyone else at OcUK, you don't have any going spare do you from previous builds? Or anyone else for that matter?

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Do you have a spare 6pin PCI-E, as most of them will work off those, the additional 2 pins are extended grounding I believe. Might be worth a shot if your PSU has one of those, or you have a spare molex-to-6pin adaptor.

 

[NightmareXX]

I do have a 6pin spare but as the card comes with a 2x 6pin to 8pin, won't it need the extra juice?

 

[Bradmax57]

Id suggest putting a post in the support forum, ive had 2 quick responses to probs ive had in there.

 

[NightmareXX]

Good thinking batman

 

[Alexrose1uk]

I do have a 6pin spare but as the card comes with a 2x 6pin to 8pin, won't it need the extra juice?

As previously mentioned I believe those extra pins are just earths

 

[NightmareXX]

I tried it with just 1 6pin but the light at the end of the card was red and it wouldn't boot

 

[Blackwhite]

Nope, the card came with a 2x molex to 6pin PCI-E and 2x 6pin PCI-E to 8pin PCI-E

That's means it is ok
You have to connect one of your PCIE connector directly from PSU to the card,then second one to the 2x 6pin PCI-E to 8pin PCI-E.Now you nee to connect 2x molex to the 2x molex to 6pin PCI-E and connect it to the 2x 6pin PCI-E to 8pin PCI-E - which should be connected to GPU

 

[NightmareXX]

It's the 8pin PCI-E adapter that isn't correct

 

[Blackwhite]

What is wrong with it then?
I can't understand.

 

[NightmareXX]

Read my original post. The problem is that the adapter doesn't fit in the GTX 280's 8pin slot as two of the pins aren't rounded.

 

[Gavincol78]

So my new system arrived and already I'm plagued with problems before I've even been able to get it turned on. This is one of them.

POV GTX 280 for £230 has been supplied with the wrong 2x 6pin PCI-E to 8pin adapter. The card wants a...

Top row - square, rounded, rounded, rounded
Bottom row - rounded, rounded, square, square

and I've been given...

Top row - square, rounded, rounded, square
Bottom row - rounded, square, square, rounded

What can/should I do? My PSU has enough juice for the card but doesn't have the 8pin PCI-E connection as at the time it was made, such connections weren't around.

Which 8-pin have you got

It sounds to me that you have a 8-pin motherboard cable NOT an 8-pin PCIe cable. The above picture should give you an idea what you need and you could get a proper 8-pin PCIe cable from here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2x-MOLEX-TO-8...14&_trkparms=72:1301|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

 

[NightmareXX]

Yea, I got the one on the right but the lovely people at OcUK sent me a proper one for free

Oh and remove that link, they're probably a competitor