Has anyone heard of EPower Juicebox graphics PSU? Need help.

[Fenriss]

NEED HELP ASAP.

recently puchased an 9800gx2 unfortunately my 1 KW PC Power and Cooling didn't have the 6+2 pin PCIe necessary to connect to the card, so rather than buying another heavyweight PSU, i opted to get the Epower Juicebox 450W graphics card power supply as a supplement to my existing 1KW.
the juicebox looked to be the answer to my probs, since i only needed it to power the card and it's suppose to have 38amps total on 2 X 12v rails. however, after trying it out last night, that wasn't the case. looked like the 9800gx2 green lighted the 6 pin connector but red lighted the 6+2 pin. i didn't even get to the bios screen. no vid @ all.
my question is, does anyone have any experience w/ the Juicebox? <rant>on a separate note, what the hell is up w/ the new extra 2 pins in the PCIe plugs anyway? i checked the specs and they're just extra ground wires. sure looks like some screw job by the graphics and PSU guys to have early adapters shelling out some $$$ to upgrade to a new PSU.</Rant>

 

[PurdueRy]

http://www.frozencpu.com/produ...-E2_Adapter_Cable.html

That might have been a cheaper option...

 

[Fenriss]

getting an adapter was my first choice (even though the @sses in EVGA "Strongly" don't recommend it). but i planed on running SLI and my 1KW was the first rev and it only has 2 X 6pin PCIe. upgrading my PSU was begining to look like the only option. but w/ the Juice box, which has 2 X 6Pin PCIe and 2 X 8Pin PCIe, i thought maybe i didn't have too.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Fenriss
getting an adapter was my first choice (even though the @sses in EVGA "Strongly" don't recommend it). but i planed on running SLI and my 1KW was the first rev and it only has 2 X 6pin PCIe. upgrading my PSU was begining to look like the only option. but w/ the Juice box, which has 2 X 6Pin PCIe and 2 X 8Pin PCIe, i thought maybe i didn't have too.

You could combine a splitter with the adapter.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: Fenriss
the juicebox looked to be the answer to my probs, since i only needed it to power the card and it's suppose to have 38amps total on 2 X 12v rails.

Wow. I didn't realize the JuiceBox had 8-pin connectors. Neat.

If the card is still giving you red light even with all 8-pins populated, it could be just a dead card.

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
http://www.frozencpu.com/produ...-E2_Adapter_Cable.html

That might have been a cheaper option...

Even cheaper: http://www.bfgstore.com//Produ...uctCode=PCIXPRESPWREXT