asus ati x1950 pro 512mb agp + question

[reichan]

Hi all

i've had my asus ati x1950 pro 512mb agp for a while now and i've been wondering about something

my card has 2 power connectors the 4 Pin ones. i was wondering, i have 1 connected right now, should i also have the other connected??

thanks in advance

cya all

[Apoptosis]

Welcome to the forums... They card was originally PCI Express, but they made an AGP version for legacy users of that graphics slot. The designers figured that if someone wanted to run a current PCIe card on an AGP motherboard that they also wouldn't have any 6-pin PCI Express power connectors. They included two 4-pin molex connectors instead of the single 6-pin PCIe connector for this reason. (Old PC's could run it with no adapters or anything like that)

Now that you know why they did this, the answer to your question is YES you need to use both power connectors!!! You are at risk of burning up the card if you don't have both plugged in.

[reichan]

eek thank you, i guess this is why i've occasionally had to use a desk top fan to cool my pc lol both are plugged in now