zenshadow wrote:
> Ok, so I'm planning on upgrading my ASUS A8N-SLI Premium to SLI (2nd
> Card). I think I've got the EZ_Plug issue down, just plug a spare
> power cable molex into it. My problem is that I have exactly 1 spare
> 4 pin power supply molex free (not the EZ_PLUG, just an extra 4 pin
> plug). My one vid card has the 6 pin power to the card installed
> (using 2 of the 4 pin plugs). First I will need to get another 6 pin
> because it didn't come in the box. That's not a problem. The problem
> is that I don't see how I'm going to be able to hook up the 6 pin to
> the video card since it also needs 2 of the 4 pin connectors. I'm
> thinking I need a 4 pin female to plug into the EZ_Plug and splits
> into 2 male 4 plugs. Then the 6 pin adapter will plug into those 2 4
> pin plugs. The 6 pin will plug into the second video card. Am I
> right? Oh, dang, just realized the EZ_PLUG accepts power, it doesn't
> supply it. Which leads me to wonder just how I am going to get extra
> 4 pins (2 at least) to plug into the 6 pin for the second card.
>
You should be able to do it with enough Molex Y-splitters but if you
have that many issues with lack of power connectors I'm wondering if
your PSU is powerful enough to handle 2 video cards. You might want to
consider a new PSU that has 6-pin PCI Express power connectors..
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