Hi let me first say im a total noob at this kind of stuff so if i havent supplied the right info please let me know what i should be looking for
basically as the title says I have bought an EVGA GTX460 graphics card i am trying to connect to my computer. Earlier I managed to take out the old graphics card an NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300 SE and replace it with the new one in the slot. BUT I couldnt for the life of me figure out where to plug in the power adapter things on it as the other card didnt require this. As i couldnt figure it out I probably stupidly ended up trying to put the computer on. The fan on the GTX 460 came on so I guess it must have been connected but I couldnt get the monitor to pic it up ( I also have to use the VGA ADAPTER as I have an old monitor also) but then I just switched it off and replaced the old graphics card so i could look on the net for advice.
Anyways after a bit of searching around I have located 1 of the molex connector power supply things (i think) and managed to connect 1 of the adapters to it, but I cant find any more places to plug the other ones in and I dont want to pull the leads too much (can supply pics if necessary) the other leads appear to have been pushed down the side or something.
the power supply is a SILENCER 500 EPS 12V (or so it says on the box)
so basically I was wondering am I even doing the right thing and does this power supply have more molex connector things or is this graphics card too powerful to be plugged into the power supply or something??
sorry for the noobness of all this but i really thought it would be fairly easy to connect this up but now am not so sure so if you have any advice or require further info please reply !
thanks
basically as the title says I have bought an EVGA GTX460 graphics card i am trying to connect to my computer. Earlier I managed to take out the old graphics card an NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300 SE and replace it with the new one in the slot. BUT I couldnt for the life of me figure out where to plug in the power adapter things on it as the other card didnt require this. As i couldnt figure it out I probably stupidly ended up trying to put the computer on. The fan on the GTX 460 came on so I guess it must have been connected but I couldnt get the monitor to pic it up ( I also have to use the VGA ADAPTER as I have an old monitor also) but then I just switched it off and replaced the old graphics card so i could look on the net for advice.
Anyways after a bit of searching around I have located 1 of the molex connector power supply things (i think) and managed to connect 1 of the adapters to it, but I cant find any more places to plug the other ones in and I dont want to pull the leads too much (can supply pics if necessary) the other leads appear to have been pushed down the side or something.
the power supply is a SILENCER 500 EPS 12V (or so it says on the box)
so basically I was wondering am I even doing the right thing and does this power supply have more molex connector things or is this graphics card too powerful to be plugged into the power supply or something??
sorry for the noobness of all this but i really thought it would be fairly easy to connect this up but now am not so sure so if you have any advice or require further info please reply !
thanks