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NetTecture
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Running a 6950 with only one power cable in (not mining)
June 25, 2011, 03:25:17 AM
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Quote from: qed on June 24, 2011, 09:21:47 PM
HD 6950 needs both cables to be attached or the card wont be working.

Do not start the system with a 5770 and a 6950 with a 385W (most likely even less), the power spike at system boot can damage all your component. Just get a 40$ 600W PSU.

Ok, sucks Wink The other side of the problem is that where I am there are only small shops for coomputers and my car is in repair. Or: THE STUPID 6950 took all shops to find Wink

I will rather live with the crap video for the week, enxt weekend I drop in home for a day and can pick up spare parts Wink

Thanks.
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Re: Running a 6950 with only one power cable in (not mining)
June 24, 2011, 09:21:47 PM
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HD 6950 needs both cables to be attached or the card wont be working.

Do not start the system with a 5770 and a 6950 with a 385W (most likely even less), the power spike at system boot can damage all your component. Just get a 40$ 600W PSU.
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Re: Running a 6950 with only one power cable in (not mining)
June 24, 2011, 01:46:28 PM
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Possible?

I am not talking of gaming etc.

I am currently not at home for another week and my 5770 in my workstation has issues going back to some power surge here Wink I got a 6950 nicely in a shop, but my power supply 385 watt has only one six pin connector and it is too late to actualyl get a molex converter.

is it save to run a 6950 with only one power cable attached. This is NOT mining or gaming - it is basically only for running 2 screens for an evening. One of the 5770 memory banks has issues and the screen flickers quite a lot Wink Tomorrow I will get a molex adapter, then next week rebuild the complete pc (anyway due to a signifcant update - new board, cpu, ssd etc.).

Yes, I know the power supply is too weak to power the card - but in 2d mode it does not really pull that much Wink

So, is that risky or not? Wink Would love to get rid of the stupid flickering for the evning while I reconfigure some of my servers Wink
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