Which graphics card??!

[utrythinkinof1]

We have run into a problem!

In the manuel it says, "Connect the 4-pin cable of the Power Extension to the connector provided at the corner of the graphics card."

We were able to connect one end of the cable to the graphics card...BUT, it says to connect the other end "to the power supply of your computer system." I know I am a complete n00b, but what the heck is the power supply and where is it? We see a gray box inside the computer, but we see NO socket to insert the cable. There are a number of multi-colored chords going into this gray box.This gray box able has a chord coming from the back of the computer to our surge protector, so this makes us assume this is the power supply that the manuel is talking about.

So....what is the power supply??

[Bs|Archaon]

I'm assuming it's a molex extension cable in which case you want one of the 4 (red-black-black-yellow) wire plugs that looks like this: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/agcomm/...ages/molex.jpg

And yes the PSU (Power Supply Unit) is that box that has the power cable on the back and a load of cables on the inside for the components.

[utrythinkinof1]

Originally Posted by Bs|Archaon

I'm assuming it's a molex extension cable in which case you want one of the 4 (red-black-black-yellow) wire plugs that looks like this: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/agcomm/...ages/molex.jpg

We have that, we just don't know where to plug it in to...

[Bs|Archaon]

Huh? There will be a number of of those coming out of the PSU (hopefully you have one spare) and you plug it into the socket on the graphics card. The thing that came with the card is just an extension cable, it doesn't do anything else.

[utrythinkinof1]

I don't understand your post. You are saying that this cable is just an extension chord, but then you say that you should plug it into the graphics card.....??

[Bs|Archaon]

Agh.

You see the big box that the power cord goes into?

It has a load of multi-coloured cables coming out of it?

You see that they all have plugs on the end?

Some of those plugs are the 4 wire design I showed you earlier?

...do I really need to tell you to plug one of them into the socket on the graphics card?

[utrythinkinof1]

Originally Posted by Bs|Archaon

Agh.

You see the big box that the power cord goes into?

It has a load of multi-coloured cables coming out of it?

You see that they all have plugs on the end?

Some of those plugs are the 4 wire design I showed you earlier?

...do I really need to tell you to plug one of them into the socket on the graphics card?

Okay, okay, okay. I think we have it now. I will tell you what happens when we restart the computer.

[Bs|Archaon]

If it's not plugged in properly you'll know. The alarm on a 6800 is...loud.

[utrythinkinof1]

YES! We got the graphics card installed and we installed one of the drivers from the burned CD. The second driver however, needs Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0, which has a link to the interner, which as you know, that computer doesn't have, is this driver nessesary?



And thanks a bunch for helping me through this process and tolerating me, when I get frustrated....

[Bs|Archaon]

Second driver? What's it called?