9800 pro PLEASE READ!!

Andrew Fotzpatr

I recently got a 9800 pro off komplett and i fitted it in grand but theres a wire in it that attaches to the motherboard or somewhere except i cant find where it slots in to..
My old gc did not have a wire i know this sounds stupid but i need help..
thanks

KdjaCL

oh **** did it not come with instructions that said to plug that into your power supply?


kdjac

Andrew Fotzpatr

lol thats where it goes? i feel stupid..

Altheus

that's cruel.... Plug in a molex, same one as the DVD/CD-ROM. Make sure it's on it's on wire, or not on the same one as the HDD at least as it eats the power,

Andrew Fotzpatr

k i still dont get this..i got loada wires with it as well but guess there for tv support.. the (black red yellow) wire connector u know the one..does it plug into the motherboard? i cant see any extra slots

snappieT

The red/black/yellow wire is a power cable. Take the power cable out of your CD drive, stick it into the powerconnector that came with the card, then put that back into the CD drive

Andrew Fotzpatr

ok cool thank u

Andrew Fotzpatr

CPU AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8 GHz)
BIOS Phoenix-Award BIOS. Press the Del key to enter.
Motherboard Elite L7VMM
Memory 512 MB DDR RAM - PC2100
Hard Drive 80 GB Samsung SV8004H
CD Drive 16 x Samsung SD-616T DVD-ROM
32x 10x 40x HL-DT-ST GCE 8320B CDRW
Video Card ATI Radeon 8500LE - 128 MB (requires DVI to VGA adaptor)
Sound Card Avance AC'97
Speakers Powered stereo speakers
Modem Conexant 56K PCI WinModem
Network Card Realtek 8139 / 180X (Onboard)
Case Fiat 2
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Standard PS/2 mouse






Socket: Socket A
Chipset: Via KM266
Slots Mémoire: 2 DIMM DDR
Slots d'extension: 1AGP/3PCI
Contrôleurs: IDE ATA 133
Communications Externes: 4 USB 2.0
Autres: Reseau 10/100Mbps
Carte Son Intégrée: AC'97
Frequence Bus CPU: 266 MHz

think this is the mobo specs..
whats the minimum cpu power u need for a 9800 pro?

i dont think mine is fast enough..anyone know of any in peats/maplins/komplett that will work on my machine? and are they hard to install

KdjaCL

CPU is fine , 9800 will work on almost any motherboard that has an AGP slot.

The power supply located at the back of the pc has cables coming from it connect the card to one of them, they may be an adapater to allow it to use a HDs power supply if you dont have one free.



kdjac

Andrew Fotzpatr

:mad: gettin the black screen of death when i do that monitors just goes black..computer loads up though

SantaHoe

The card is probably just not seated properly... try pushing it in a bit more (or a bit less)

neokenzo

Firstly, there is no connection to the motherboard. All you need to do is plug the card on the AGP slot and plug in a molex connector to your card as KdJac shown.
Have you uninstall the driver from your previous card? Once you have done that, you need to install Catalyst driver for your card.

Creamy Goodness

you also need a quality (not q-tec) 300w psu for a 9800pro

Andrew Fotzpatr

ye uninstalled previous drivers that pic is what i have..that power connector plugging into it has 2 ends..one 3/4 of the way up the wire the other at the top..tried plugging the top one into the cd rom drie and then the middle one into the cd rom power cable..and tried just plugging the one in..i'd say the bsld is it working..just prob need to push it in more..

you'd never guess what i study in college lol

SirLemonhead

Ah I thought those generation of Radeons used the floppy power connector

Andrew Fotzpatr

that would probably blow my comp up lol.. maybe dont have a clue really

Creamy Goodness

Andrew Fotzpatr wrote:

that would probably blow my comp up lol.. maybe dont have a clue really

they won't use them floppy power connecters

there's only one connecter they'll use and it's the same ones as you put into hard drives, cd drives etc.

it's like a silicon jigsaw kind of only one piece will fit there

SirLemonhead

Yeah, it's keyed. Just try the power connectors, It shouldn't take much force to get it in. So if you're pushing too hard, it might be the wrong way.