Has anyone else had a problem with the location of the PCI-E power
connector? On this card, it comes straight out the back, right into the area
where the secondary case fan goes in my Antec Sonata II case. If I could
find a right-angle connector adapter, it would probably work - but no luck
yet....

Ned

Is this any help?
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1951.html

Al Tetley

"Ned Buckmaster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2xmFf.3$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Has anyone else had a problem with the location of the PCI-E power
> connector? On this card, it comes straight out the back, right into the
> area where the secondary case fan goes in my Antec Sonata II case. If I
> could find a right-angle connector adapter, it would probably work - but
> no luck yet....
>
> Ned
>

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 06:51:08 -0600, "Ned Buckmaster"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Has anyone else had a problem with the location of the PCI-E power
>connector? On this card, it comes straight out the back, right into the area
>where the secondary case fan goes in my Antec Sonata II case. If I could
>find a right-angle connector adapter, it would probably work - but no luck
>yet....

I recently bought the same card. nice piece of kit, but what a
nightmare fitting it into the case. This thing is absolutely *huge*. I
only just managed to squeeze it into my PC with literally a couple of
millimeters to spare. I had to unplug both SATA cables and put them in
sockets 3 and 4, rather than 1 and 2 to accommodate the card
lengthwise. Without doing that it would have been impossible to fit.

I had to unplug some other cables and then plug them in again after
the card was seated. It was a very fiddly job indeed. I did think for
while that it wasn't going to fit. Thankfully it did fit, 3 or 4
millimeters short of butting up against my SATA drives.

I don't think I would go for this kind of card again unless ATI can do
something about making it smaller. Messing around with cables like
that is not my idea of a quick and simple upgrade.
--
Rob

Is this your case?
http://www.antec.com/images/400/sonata2_inside.jpg

Is the fan mounted right behind the sideways-oriented 3.5" drive rack? Can
the fan be moved lower? If not, try running with the fan removed. Perhaps a
thinner fan would work, too.

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It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"Ned Buckmaster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2xmFf.3$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Has anyone else had a problem with the location of the PCI-E power
> connector? On this card, it comes straight out the back, right into the
> area where the secondary case fan goes in my Antec Sonata II case. If I
> could find a right-angle connector adapter, it would probably work - but
> no luck yet....
>
> Ned