Radeon power adaptor

Tristan · 01-12-2004, 18:43

Hi all,

I purchased an ATI All in Wonder 9800SE on an online auction the other day. I want to test it to see if it's soft-moddable to a 9800 Pro (some are, some aren't) -- if it's not, I'll sell it on.

Unfortunately, despite the seller advertising it as "OEM", it comes with even fewer cables than the regular OEM version of this board -- none at all, in fact. Most importantly, I'm missing the power adaptor cable, meaning I can't even plug it in to test it.

So I'm appealing to all CF members: does anybody have a spare Radeon power cable they could pop in an envelope and send my way? Postage will be reimbursed, naturally.

Please contact me by PM if you can help.

Thanks in advance,

Tristan

Graham M · 01-12-2004, 19:42

What "adaptor" are you talking about?

dilli-theclaw · 01-12-2004, 19:44

The splitter cable?

Stuart · 01-12-2004, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tristan

Hi all,

I purchased an ATI All in Wonder 9800SE on an online auction the other day. I want to test it to see if it's soft-moddable to a 9800 Pro (some are, some aren't) -- if it's not, I'll sell it on.

Unfortunately, despite the seller advertising it as "OEM", it comes with even fewer cables than the regular OEM version of this board -- none at all, in fact. Most importantly, I'm missing the power adaptor cable, meaning I can't even plug it in to test it.

So I'm appealing to all CF members: does anybody have a spare Radeon power cable they could pop in an envelope and send my way? Postage will be reimbursed, naturally.

Please contact me by PM if you can help.

Thanks in advance,

Tristan

If you do mean a power splitter, they do them in Maplin for about 2-3 pounds.. Not cheap, but might be quicker than getting someone to post one to you..

Tristan · 01-12-2004, 20:19

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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

The splitter cable?

I think it is probably a splitter cable, yeah. I've never owned a Radeon before, so I don't know. I assumed the board would just have a regular hard-drive (molex) power connecter, but aparently not, it's a funny four pin thing instead.

scastle, unfortunatley I haven't got a Maplin near me. I will have a look on their website though, so I can see what I'm after. Thanks.

dilli-theclaw · 01-12-2004, 20:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tristan

I think it is probably a splitter cable, yeah. I've never owned a Radeon before, so I don't know. I assumed the board would just have a regular hard-drive (molex) power connecter, but aparently not, it's a funny four pin thing instead.

scastle, unfortunatley I haven't got a Maplin near me. I will have a look on their website though, so I can see what I'm after. Thanks.

My radeon does have a standard connector on it. Any chance of a picture of the connector?

keithwalton · 01-12-2004, 20:28

Ati use 4pin molex's that connecter i'd presume is for somthing else, what exactly escapes me at present

altis · 01-12-2004, 23:54

It looks like an ordinary power socket...

http://www.lanaddict.com/rev.php?ID=86

http://www.ati.com/support/products/...ng_Started.pdf

Tristan · 02-12-2004, 01:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by altis

It looks like an ordinary power socket...

http://www.lanaddict.com/rev.php?ID=86

http://www.ati.com/support/products/...ng_Started.pdf

Thanks Altis.

Unfortunately the connector on this card is the custom four-pin one shown on page 10 of the PDF in your second link.

The card I have -- along with the adapter cable I haven't -- is shown here.

Does anyone have any idea where I could get one?

Stuart · 02-12-2004, 01:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tristan

Thanks Altis.

Unfortunately the connector on this card is the custom four-pin one shown on page 10 of the PDF in your second link.

The card I have -- along with the adapter cable I haven't -- is shown here.

Does anyone have any idea where I could get one?

Are you sure it's not a floppy drive power connector? Looks a lot like on from that image. You may find them on the maplin site as well..

Tristan · 02-12-2004, 02:47

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Originally Posted by scastle

Are you sure it's not a floppy drive power connector? Looks a lot like on from that image. You may find them on the maplin site as well..

You, sir, are a genius. Plugged it in and it worked. Although I feel I should have spotted it myself...

Have some of the measly number of rep points I can give out.

Richard M · 02-12-2004, 10:00

That's weird, only the 9700 series had those connectors - they switched to the standard molex connectors on (most of) the 9800 series.

Gareth · 02-12-2004, 15:04

heh, very strange indeed. Good job it's all sorted now though.

Any luck with soft modding it, Tristan?

ps - why on earth weren't you asleep at 2:47...?

Bifta · 02-12-2004, 15:05

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Originally Posted by Richard M

That's weird, only the 9700 series had those connectors - they switched to the standard molex connectors on (most of) the 9800 series.

The three 9700's I went through all had molex connections.

Tristan · 02-12-2004, 17:36

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Originally Posted by Gareth

heh, very strange indeed. Good job it's all sorted now though.

Any luck with soft modding it, Tristan?

ps - why on earth weren't you asleep at 2:47...?

Because I'm an insomniac!

And no, no luck with softmodding it. No luck with getting it to work at all, in fact. Installing the latest Catalysts just rewarded me with a BSoD. Hell, there was even some video corruption on my BIOS screen. Basically the card was a dud, and will be going back to the sender as fast as the Royal Mail can manage.