Question about the way i installed my 9400 GT

[solidpro9]

well for some of u know i made a thread of it overheating. i want to know if the way i installed it was the correct way.

ok i took the card i had gloves on poped it in the pciE slot. but there was this one wire in the 9400 GT package box. i think you would connect it to the side of the card it has a little white slot. ill take a picture later if u guys want. idk wat it is for. i didnt put the wire on the card.

so is what all i needed to do was pop the card in my pci slot or do something else? p.s its a small black wire with to links on each end. does the 9400GT need a 6pin power connector? thats wat it said in installing hardware section in my PNY manual

 

[Gulli]

The wire is probably for the card's cooling fan, just pop it in the white slot.
There has and never will be a version of the 9400GT that needs a PCI-E connector.

 

[tulx]

Or it's this sound thingy cable...SPDIF or smth. A 9800 has one, does a 9400? Not sure, but that's some very specific thin 99% ppl don't need. I had mine installed but removed it again, just clutter. And - it the manual says it needs a 6pin power connector it probably does - the card shouldn't even function without it, actually. If it has the connector socket, plug it, pretty simple.

 

[Gulli]

Or it's this sound thingy cable...SPDIF or smth. A 9800 has one, does a 9400? Not sure, but that's some very specific thin 99% ppl don't need. I had mine installed but removed it again, just clutter. And - it the manual says it needs a 6pin power connector it probably does - the card shouldn't even function without it, actually. If it has the connector socket, plug it, pretty simple.

The 9400GT DOES NOT need a PCI-E power connector, it's only there in the manual because the manufacturer was too lazy/cheap to print a separate manual for the 9400GT, so they just recycled one from a more powerful card.

Here's a picture of a 9400GT with a fan cable plugged into the white slot on the card: http://www.zipinformatica.com/tienda/images/ecs_9400GT.jpg

 

[solidpro9]

thanks. thats how mine looks like except it says PNY. i wonder why it overheats so much

 

[Gulli]

thanks. thats how mine looks like except it says PNY. i wonder why it overheats so much

Not having the COOLING fan plugged in might have that effect on a card.