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Old October 6th 04, 10:44 PM
Jacek Skowronek
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Default Q: Molex 4-pin cable to 3-pin needed?

Hi all,

I have a 3-year old socket A motherboard (Soltek SL-75DRV2) and a
Geforce 3 Ti 200 videocard which I want to upgrade to a Geforce 6800 (no
Ultra or GT). From various sources this should be doable however I am
reading that newer videocards have a 4-pin Molex voltage connection for
the fanwhile the mobo only has 3-pin slots. Is that a problem? Do I need
a connection cable or something?

Thanks in advance,

Jacek
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Old October 6th 04, 11:33 PM
Tim
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Jacek Skowronek wrote:
Hi all,

I have a 3-year old socket A motherboard (Soltek SL-75DRV2) and a
Geforce 3 Ti 200 videocard which I want to upgrade to a Geforce 6800 (no
Ultra or GT). From various sources this should be doable however I am
reading that newer videocards have a 4-pin Molex voltage connection for
the fanwhile the mobo only has 3-pin slots. Is that a problem? Do I need
a connection cable or something?

Thanks in advance,

Jacek

It's a standard Molex connector on the tail of the card that can connect
to one of your Molex leads from your Power Supply. It has nothing to do
with the fan on the card. The card requires extra power to run properly.
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Old October 6th 04, 11:49 PM
CapFusion
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"Jacek Skowronek" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have a 3-year old socket A motherboard (Soltek SL-75DRV2) and a Geforce
3 Ti 200 videocard which I want to upgrade to a Geforce 6800 (no Ultra or
GT). From various sources this should be doable however I am reading that
newer videocards have a 4-pin Molex voltage connection for the fanwhile
the mobo only has 3-pin slots. Is that a problem? Do I need a connection
cable or something?

Thanks in advance,

Jacek


I would suggest staying where you at on your P3 system.
4pins molex you speaking of, you will need to have one available.

[IMHO for the following]
If you insist on getting any 6800 series, I would recommend or suggest
getting a P4 w/533 FSB or better system with 3GHz CPU or higher.

CapFusion,...


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Old October 7th 04, 04:45 AM
Biz
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"Jacek Skowronek" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have a 3-year old socket A motherboard (Soltek SL-75DRV2) and a
Geforce 3 Ti 200 videocard which I want to upgrade to a Geforce 6800 (no
Ultra or GT). From various sources this should be doable however I am
reading that newer videocards have a 4-pin Molex voltage connection for
the fanwhile the mobo only has 3-pin slots. Is that a problem? Do I need
a connection cable or something?

Thanks in advance,

Jacek


A "4-pin molex connection" is exactly what comes out of the power supply to
connect cdroms, hard drives, etc....use one of those...


 




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