Graphics card installation

Hello there,

I recently bought a Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro (256 mb version), and I noticed I have to connect the card to my computer's power supply too.

There was a cable delivered with the card which splits a standard IDE power plug (the ones you plug into your HD or optical drives) into another IDE power plug and a 4-pin plug (the ones you used to put into your floppy drive, I think).

Now, do I have to use this splitter ? There's already a 4-pin plug dangling around in my case (since I don't have a floppy drive).

Is it safe to connect this one to my card ?

Thanks a bunch,

Force

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Yeh if you already have one in your case doing nothing use that one as all the splitter will do is convert one plug into another.

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My 9800 had a small power connector like a 3.5 floppy would use. I have seen many that have the big connector like the hard drive ones too.

Use whatever fits. Your card won't run without it, that much is certain. :smile:

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