Ok...
I am very very stupid... or maybe I rushed through the installation thinking that PCI-E was just like AGP only faster... man was I wrong by a cord! I had posted earlier about my AOpen 6600GT's frying well heres probably why...
Exhibit A (The PCI-E ATX-3 Cord)
Exhibit B (Why didn't I see that red connector?)
Exhibit C (Hmmm maybe I should have connected this first before running Halo at 1280 x 1024 HQ Settings)
Ok I just wanted to post this to all people who are new this whole PCI-E thing because I went through hell just to find out that I forgot to connect a cord and there will be a few people out there who will do exactly what I did and complain their board is frying cards. Shuttle didn't even tell me about this connector and AOpen didn't know jack so...
I'm spreading my new found knowledge. Ok so maybe I should have known about this at first but this is a lesson learned to read the damn manual on new things you don't know about hehe. I hope this helps other people who might be having the same problem or future people who want to upgrade.
So the final exhibit...
Exhibit D (Don't Be Stupid Like This Guy)
Yes thats me now stop laughing...
Thanks for all the help to the people in the previous post everything works great now. I also found that PC Club carries eVGA which looks way better cosmetically on the card then the AOpen. Cheers!
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I am very very stupid... or maybe I rushed through the installation thinking that PCI-E was just like AGP only faster... man was I wrong by a cord! I had posted earlier about my AOpen 6600GT's frying well heres probably why...
Exhibit A (The PCI-E ATX-3 Cord)
Exhibit B (Why didn't I see that red connector?)
Exhibit C (Hmmm maybe I should have connected this first before running Halo at 1280 x 1024 HQ Settings)
Ok I just wanted to post this to all people who are new this whole PCI-E thing because I went through hell just to find out that I forgot to connect a cord and there will be a few people out there who will do exactly what I did and complain their board is frying cards. Shuttle didn't even tell me about this connector and AOpen didn't know jack so...
I'm spreading my new found knowledge. Ok so maybe I should have known about this at first but this is a lesson learned to read the damn manual on new things you don't know about hehe. I hope this helps other people who might be having the same problem or future people who want to upgrade.
So the final exhibit...
Exhibit D (Don't Be Stupid Like This Guy)
Yes thats me now stop laughing...
Thanks for all the help to the people in the previous post everything works great now. I also found that PC Club carries eVGA which looks way better cosmetically on the card then the AOpen. Cheers!
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