Need some help with setup of my new rig

puji · 02-27-08, 11:37 PM

Hi everybody.
After a few years I am getting a new rig again. And as usual I got all the right information from this forum. My question is a little of CPU topic, but in this forum is most of the how to do it right guys, so I post my question here too:
I ran into a problem with installing the XFX 8800GT and corsair HX520 modular PSU. It looks like the card needs a 6pin PSU cable. Corsair has a 24, 8 and 4 pin power cable. The 24 and 8 go to the IP 35 pro. So only the 4 pin is left. In the totally inadequate instruction for the XFX it says not to use a 4 to 6 pin adapter. Any advice is appreciated.

puji

Moffetts · 02-27-08, 11:51 PM

I think it should have two PCIE leads, one at the least... I don't really know what to tell you.

uberwoot · 02-27-08, 11:59 PM

you should have two 6 pin plugs under your five sata/ata plugs on the psu. Use one of the 6 pin plugs that came with your psu and plug it in.

Your psu should have 2 plugs for 6 pin pcie plugs and 2 cables for them. If not you need the cables.

edit. beat Stratus with the quickness lol.

Stratus_ss · 02-28-08, 12:00 AM

according to the New Egg site it has pci-e plugs.. i guess you just have to find them if you lost them

puji · 02-28-08, 12:09 AM

Thx for the fast reply, I found the cable, It has an addtional 2 plug on it which confused me. The card is running now but no video signal. I use a supplied adapter for my 22 inch CRT monitor (I love).Any guess what could be wrong?

puji

uberwoot · 02-28-08, 12:15 AM

got onboard video? If you do plug the crt into the onboard and switch over to your pci express slot. mines listed at peg in bios. Then plug it in.

If your crt has a DVI plug then you dont need a adapter but all the crt's i seen have vga's so you need to use the dvi to vga dongle that came with your card.

puji · 02-28-08, 12:21 AM

I have an old PCI card which I used to see wether I installed everything ok. It works with that card. I will go in the Bios and see how the set up is
And yes I have to use the VGA DVI adapter which was supplied.

puji

uberwoot · 02-28-08, 12:24 AM

pull your pci card out and it should go over to the 8800gt. if not switch the grapics to the pci express slot "peg on my mobo" from the pci slot and enjoy the new card.

puji · 02-28-08, 12:37 AM

Thx for all the help. Yes it was my PCI card the boot sequence was PCI first, changed it to PCi exp. that did it. Pulling the card would have done it too.
Now I can test that baby .So far Q6600 stock voltage 3.0 at 25C no load. It looks promising.Thx again

puji

02-27-08, 11:37 PM	Thread Starter #1
puji Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sedona	Need some help with setup of my new rig Hi everybody. After a few years I am getting a new rig again. And as usual I got all the right information from this forum. My question is a little of CPU topic, but in this forum is most of the how to do it right guys, so I post my question here too: I ran into a problem with installing the XFX 8800GT and corsair HX520 modular PSU. It looks like the card needs a 6pin PSU cable. Corsair has a 24, 8 and 4 pin power cable. The 24 and 8 go to the IP 35 pro. So only the 4 pin is left. In the totally inadequate instruction for the XFX it says not to use a 4 to 6 pin adapter. Any advice is appreciated. puji __________________ i7 3770 @ 4.3 (105X41) V 1.175; Antec Kuehler 920 ; ASRock Z77 Extreme 4, 16GB G.SKILL Ribjaws Series 4GB(1600 9-9-9-24-2N);Gigabyte HD7870;Rosewill HIVE 750: SAMSUNG SSD 60 Q 6600@3.4 (425x8) V1.42 Tt Big Typhoon 120CFM;G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2 1066@ 1:1.2 (1022);5-5-5-15 2.0V;XFX 8800GT 512MB;Antec P182 Corsair 520HX Abit IP35 Pro
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02-27-08, 11:51 PM	#2
Moffetts Member Join Date: Feb 2008	I think it should have two PCIE leads, one at the least... I don't really know what to tell you.
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02-27-08, 11:59 PM	#3
uberwoot Member Join Date: Nov 2007	you should have two 6 pin plugs under your five sata/ata plugs on the psu. Use one of the 6 pin plugs that came with your psu and plug it in. Your psu should have 2 plugs for 6 pin pcie plugs and 2 cables for them. If not you need the cables. edit. beat Stratus with the quickness lol. __________________ i7 930@4.2ghz 1.24v, Asus Sabertooth X58,12gigs Cosair Dominator DDR3 1600, GTX 470. 2 X OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOP 120gb Raid 0, 3 OCZ Agility 3 120gb. Heat http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=51749
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02-28-08, 12:00 AM	#4
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02-28-08, 12:09 AM	Thread Starter #5
puji Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sedona	Thx for the fast reply, I found the cable, It has an addtional 2 plug on it which confused me. The card is running now but no video signal. I use a supplied adapter for my 22 inch CRT monitor (I love).Any guess what could be wrong? puji __________________ i7 3770 @ 4.3 (105X41) V 1.175; Antec Kuehler 920 ; ASRock Z77 Extreme 4, 16GB G.SKILL Ribjaws Series 4GB(1600 9-9-9-24-2N);Gigabyte HD7870;Rosewill HIVE 750: SAMSUNG SSD 60 Q 6600@3.4 (425x8) V1.42 Tt Big Typhoon 120CFM;G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2 1066@ 1:1.2 (1022);5-5-5-15 2.0V;XFX 8800GT 512MB;Antec P182 Corsair 520HX Abit IP35 Pro
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02-28-08, 12:15 AM	#6
uberwoot Member Join Date: Nov 2007	got onboard video? If you do plug the crt into the onboard and switch over to your pci express slot. mines listed at peg in bios. Then plug it in. If your crt has a DVI plug then you dont need a adapter but all the crt's i seen have vga's so you need to use the dvi to vga dongle that came with your card. __________________ i7 930@4.2ghz 1.24v, Asus Sabertooth X58,12gigs Cosair Dominator DDR3 1600, GTX 470. 2 X OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOP 120gb Raid 0, 3 OCZ Agility 3 120gb. Heat http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=51749
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02-28-08, 12:21 AM	Thread Starter #7
puji Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sedona	I have an old PCI card which I used to see wether I installed everything ok. It works with that card. I will go in the Bios and see how the set up is And yes I have to use the VGA DVI adapter which was supplied. puji __________________ i7 3770 @ 4.3 (105X41) V 1.175; Antec Kuehler 920 ; ASRock Z77 Extreme 4, 16GB G.SKILL Ribjaws Series 4GB(1600 9-9-9-24-2N);Gigabyte HD7870;Rosewill HIVE 750: SAMSUNG SSD 60 Q 6600@3.4 (425x8) V1.42 Tt Big Typhoon 120CFM;G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2 1066@ 1:1.2 (1022);5-5-5-15 2.0V;XFX 8800GT 512MB;Antec P182 Corsair 520HX Abit IP35 Pro
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02-28-08, 12:24 AM	#8
uberwoot Member Join Date: Nov 2007	pull your pci card out and it should go over to the 8800gt. if not switch the grapics to the pci express slot "peg on my mobo" from the pci slot and enjoy the new card. __________________ i7 930@4.2ghz 1.24v, Asus Sabertooth X58,12gigs Cosair Dominator DDR3 1600, GTX 470. 2 X OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOP 120gb Raid 0, 3 OCZ Agility 3 120gb. Heat http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=51749
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02-28-08, 12:37 AM	Thread Starter #9
puji Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sedona	Thx for all the help. Yes it was my PCI card the boot sequence was PCI first, changed it to PCi exp. that did it. Pulling the card would have done it too. Now I can test that baby .So far Q6600 stock voltage 3.0 at 25C no load. It looks promising.Thx again puji __________________ i7 3770 @ 4.3 (105X41) V 1.175; Antec Kuehler 920 ; ASRock Z77 Extreme 4, 16GB G.SKILL Ribjaws Series 4GB(1600 9-9-9-24-2N);Gigabyte HD7870;Rosewill HIVE 750: SAMSUNG SSD 60 Q 6600@3.4 (425x8) V1.42 Tt Big Typhoon 120CFM;G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2 1066@ 1:1.2 (1022);5-5-5-15 2.0V;XFX 8800GT 512MB;Antec P182 Corsair 520HX Abit IP35 Pro
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