#pcie

When I plug in my graphics card it gives me this message, "PLEASE POWER DOWN AND CONNECT THE PCIe POWER CABLE(S) FOR THIS GRAPHICS CARD". I have tried plugging in 6 and 8 pin PCIe power connectors into the graphics card, but it keeps giving me this message. Please help.

When I plug the egpu into the mPCIe slot on my laptop it does this: I adapted mPCIe to PCIe 1x then adapted PCIe 1x to PCIe 16x. The mPCIe adapter I bought: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GTH26X5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The PCIe 1x to 16x adapter I bought...