Simple question re: connector on card

Blade_Jones · 06-19-2009, 05:15 PM

There is a little white connector (with 2 little pins) on this Asus video card. What is this connector for? Perhaps a temperature monitor? Should it be connected via cable to the motherboard?

Part number 5188-7647

steveb1234 · 06-19-2009, 05:32 PM

Is the graphics card working well?
If it is I would ignore this - it could well be as you suspect a temperature monitor wire.
But if alls well don't try to fix it.
It could be for SLI with two cards as is the connecton next to it.
Post the graphics card type.

steveb1234 · 06-19-2009, 05:36 PM

Have checked the part number you posted and I dont think you need to worry about it - I am fairly certain that its the power connection for a second cards cooling fan.

**grimx133** · 06-19-2009, 10:37 PM

spdif header to pass audio through hdmi.

Riskyone101 · 06-20-2009, 02:07 AM

Yep grimx133 you got it, I was just about to say.

Blade_Jones · 06-22-2009, 05:17 AM

Quote:

spdif header to pass audio through hdmi.

Why would SPDIF need to pass through a video card?

Riskyone101 · 06-22-2009, 05:42 AM

HDMI = High Definition Multimedia Interface

The "S/PDIF passthrough" is the ability of the card to accept S/PDIF from an external sound card, and incorporate it into the HDMI datastream for transmission to an HDMI processor.

06-19-2009, 05:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blade_Jones Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pacific Palisades, CA Posts: 450 OS: 2000, XP, Vista, Ubuntu	Simple question re: connector on card There is a little white connector (with 2 little pins) on this Asus video card. What is this connector for? Perhaps a temperature monitor? Should it be connected via cable to the motherboard? Part number 5188-7647

06-19-2009, 05:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
steveb1234 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 372 OS: xp, windows 7	Re: Simple question re: connector on card Is the graphics card working well? If it is I would ignore this - it could well be as you suspect a temperature monitor wire. But if alls well don't try to fix it. It could be for SLI with two cards as is the connecton next to it. Post the graphics card type.

06-19-2009, 05:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
steveb1234 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 372 OS: xp, windows 7	Re: Simple question re: connector on card Have checked the part number you posted and I dont think you need to worry about it - I am fairly certain that its the power connection for a second cards cooling fan.

06-19-2009, 10:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,138 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Simple question re: connector on card spdif header to pass audio through hdmi. __________________

06-20-2009, 02:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Simple question re: connector on card Yep grimx133 you got it, I was just about to say. __________________

06-22-2009, 05:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Simple question re: connector on card HDMI = High Definition Multimedia Interface The "S/PDIF passthrough" is the ability of the card to accept S/PDIF from an external sound card, and incorporate it into the HDMI datastream for transmission to an HDMI processor. __________________