Leadtek 7600 AGP power connection

jobar · 01-20-2008, 04:47 PM

Hi I installed a 7600 GS card in an old Compac Presario with a 250 W psu.
That wasn't enough so I bought a 300 W booster. The problem is that the
booster has two 6 pin pci express connectors and the graphics card a molex. Can't find an adapter for this. Is it possible to make one?
Grateful for any advice.

**manic** · 01-20-2008, 08:03 PM

You can buy a splitter for a molex, just attach it on the hdd molex,
or the cdrom drive, or if you have a fan with a molex use the splitter
on that, not a big deal. Just hope you have enough power.

jobar · 01-22-2008, 01:48 PM

I have free molex connectors,I tried connecting with one.But there was a program
"nvidia sentinel" that reduced the cards clockspeed because lack of power.
Thats why I bought the booster.

**manic** · 01-22-2008, 02:26 PM

Whats the min power requirement for the card? If your short on power
I would be glad that it throttled down, puts to much stress on other
parts. Probably is still.

jobar · 01-29-2008, 11:23 AM

Minimum for the card is 300 W ,but leadtek support recomends 400 W.
So with the original psu and the booster I have 550W. The booster itself is capable of 25 A, 12 V only.So it should work fine if a can connect the power.I assume that the graphics card don't need 5 V, or?
Sorry for not replying earlier.

01-20-2008, 04:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
jobar Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Vista	Leadtek 7600 AGP power connection Hi I installed a 7600 GS card in an old Compac Presario with a 250 W psu. That wasn't enough so I bought a 300 W booster. The problem is that the booster has two 6 pin pci express connectors and the graphics card a molex. Can't find an adapter for this. Is it possible to make one? Grateful for any advice.

01-20-2008, 08:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,257 OS: xp	Re: Leadtek 7600 AGP power connection You can buy a splitter for a molex, just attach it on the hdd molex, or the cdrom drive, or if you have a fan with a molex use the splitter on that, not a big deal. Just hope you have enough power. __________________

01-22-2008, 01:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
jobar Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Leadtek 7600 AGP power connection I have free molex connectors,I tried connecting with one.But there was a program "nvidia sentinel" that reduced the cards clockspeed because lack of power. Thats why I bought the booster.

01-22-2008, 02:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,257 OS: xp	Re: Leadtek 7600 AGP power connection Whats the min power requirement for the card? If your short on power I would be glad that it throttled down, puts to much stress on other parts. Probably is still. __________________

01-29-2008, 11:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
jobar Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Leadtek 7600 AGP power connection Minimum for the card is 300 W ,but leadtek support recomends 400 W. So with the original psu and the booster I have 550W. The booster itself is capable of 25 A, 12 V only.So it should work fine if a can connect the power.I assume that the graphics card don't need 5 V, or? Sorry for not replying earlier.