installing 1950 agp

[Richard Saudargas]

I have a diamond 1950 agp card and want to make sure I hook it up correctly.
The card has 2 4 pin connectors, yet the card came with a 3 wire connector
that, according to the diagram, one end connects to the videocard, the
second to the hard drive, and the third to the power supply, which leaves
one connector free on the videocard. I'm thinking I can bypass the hard
drive and connect 2 connectors to the videocard and the third to the power
supply. Is that correct? Is the hard drive connector necessary since it is
already connected to the power supply?

appreciate the help

 

[Vellu]

Richard Saudargas kirjoitti:

I have a diamond 1950 agp card and want to make sure I hook it up correctly.
The card has 2 4 pin connectors, yet the card came with a 3 wire connector
that, according to the diagram, one end connects to the videocard, the
second to the hard drive, and the third to the power supply, which leaves
one connector free on the videocard. I'm thinking I can bypass the hard
drive and connect 2 connectors to the videocard and the third to the power
supply. Is that correct? Is the hard drive connector necessary since it is
already connected to the power supply?

appreciate the help

That cable is a 4-pin power cable y-splitter which you would need to use
if you had no free power connectors available (that is, you would
disconnect the power connector from your hard drive, plug that into the
y-splitter and the other ends to the graphics card and back to your hard
drive).

Both 4-pin connectors on the graphics card need to be plugged in.
Doesn't matter if you connect them directly from your psu or with the
y-splitter.

 

[Richard Saudargas]

That makes sense. I thought the diagram that came with the board didn't look
right.

Thanks

 

[Vellu]

I myself have the Sapphire version of the card (1950 Pro AGP 512MB
GDDR3) which also has two 4-pin connectors and comes equipped with a
similar y-splitter. I actually had to use it myself since I did indeed
run out of 4-pin power plugs (having 3 hard drives and a DVDRW drive in
my system). I only had one 4-pin connector left, so I plugged the
y-splitter into that and BOTH ends of the y-splitter to the graphics
card; works just fine.

Richard Saudargas kirjoitti: