I recently bought a new video card that uses a 6-pin power cable, meaning it has to take up two separate 4 pin connectors

the problem is I only have one normal 4 pin power cable free, but there is also another cable which I'm pretty sure is power for a floppy drive

I don't have a floppy drive and i'm not planning on getting one, so what I want to know is can I use the power from that cable to power the 2nd half of my video card's needs?


is what the floppy power cable looks like, I'm fairly certain

9/6/2007 6:53:31 PM

oops

[Edited on September 6, 2007 at 7:04 PM. Reason : a]

9/6/2007 7:01:21 PM

it came with an adapter that plugs into two 4 pin power cables and has a 6 pin output



(farthest right cable)

9/6/2007 7:03:16 PM

d'oh, didnt know you could do that.. nvm, i've always used a power supply designed for it

9/6/2007 7:03:46 PM

but back to the issue at hand

does the power cable that's designed for the floppy have enough juice to use instead of another regular 4 pin cable?

9/6/2007 7:05:20 PM

I just ordered a new power supply with overnight shipping

issue solved

9/6/2007 9:24:10 PM

yeah just get a new power supply. most new ones have this and your old one probably does not have enough juice.

I would not want to risk my video card getting fried or not enough juice because i nigger rigged it.



[Edited on September 6, 2007 at 9:29 PM. Reason : ss]

9/6/2007 9:28:59 PM

the shit running to the floppy connector is exactly the same as the bigger molex plugs

just snip it and crimp on a new connector

9/7/2007 1:11:36 AM