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  1. 25-09-2006, 04:47 PM #1
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    Need a longer PCI-E power cable for my PSU.

    Anyone know if you can get an extension cable for the PCI-E power connectors or can you get one that converts from a normal molex to PCI-E?

    Had to move my gfx card to the 2nd slot in my system as the main one is dead and the cable on my PSU does not quite reach :/

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    something like this will do the trick for you mate. you can get an actual extension lead for pci-e as well, but a bit harder to find.
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    Be careful of the 2 x Molex to 1 x PCI-E power cables....

    I recently bought one from Maplins for my brothers system (ABit KN8 Ultra, ATI X800XL, Enermax PSU) and the system refused to power on with both molexs connected. Disconnecting one was enough to get him going but I felt a bit uneasy about it.

    Then I saw a post recently (either on here or the hwg list server I am on) where one of these cables/dongles/converters actually fried the graphics card, or at least the PCI-E power connecter....
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    Does not sound good :/

    I think I will just RMA the MB. Asus have 36 months warranty right?

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    I have been using one with my x1900xt with absolutely no problems at all. Think you can get them from Scan quite cheaply so worth a look.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Horse View Post
    I have been using one with my x1900xt with absolutely no problems at all. Think you can get them from Scan quite cheaply so worth a look.
    Yup, they are cheap from Scan. I think I will just RMA anyhow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    Be careful of the 2 x Molex to 1 x PCI-E power cables....

    I recently bought one from Maplins for my brothers system (ABit KN8 Ultra, ATI X800XL, Enermax PSU) and the system refused to power on with both molexs connected. Disconnecting one was enough to get him going but I felt a bit uneasy about it.

    Then I saw a post recently (either on here or the hwg list server I am on) where one of these cables/dongles/converters actually fried the graphics card, or at least the PCI-E power connecter....
    that would just be a short circuit, molex to pci-e is fine if its made properly, ive had a few graphics cards that shipped with the very same cable!
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