Graphics card power connector concern

[Guest]

I just recieved an old 9800 GTX+, and on the Nvidia website, and a few other places, it says that it should have two six pin power connectors. This card only has a single six pin connector,and it does not appear to have ever had two. I am very confused and I have a bad headache. Someone please help.

[KnightSirius]

1 minute ago, Emma Nieuwenhuis said:

I just recieved an old 9800 GTX+, and on the Nvidia website, and a few other places, it says that it should have two six pin power connectors. This card only has a single six pin connector,and it does not appear to have ever had two. I am very confused and I have a bad headache. Someone please help.

If it only has 1 you might have a non-reference card, or unlikely so but it could have been damaged. 
Take a picture of the card to show us, and we'll be able to determine if there is an issue or not!

[RotoCoreOne]

Or you were lied to and that isn't a 9800 gtx+...

[Guest]

It is a  9800 GTX plus.

[Guest]

Here is a photo. Sorry if it sucks.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, KnightSirius said:

If it only has 1 you might have a non-reference card, or unlikely so but it could have been damaged. 
Take a picture of the card to show us, and we'll be able to determine if there is an issue or not!

I took a picture, I don't know if it helps at all.

[KnightSirius]

4 hours ago, Emma Nieuwenhuis said:

I took a picture, I don't know if it helps at all.

Well it's not damaged it was just built with only a single 6-Pin (For small cases/constricted builds), What brand and model is the card?

[Guest]

9 hours ago, KnightSirius said:

Well it's not damaged it was just built with only a single 6-Pin (For small cases/constricted builds), What brand and model is the card?

It is an XFX 9800 GTX+ PV-T98W-YDFU I found it here and in the pictures it appears to have a single six pin, but the specifications on the page still says two. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150341

[Guest]

Even if that isn't a problem, I haven't been able to get it to work. I plug it in my PCIE slot, and plug in the single six pin from my PSU (Which has 40A on the 12v, so plenty of power for it) and all it does is ramp up the fan all the way, it never displays video for me.

 

[KnightSirius]

8 hours ago, Emma Nieuwenhuis said:

Even if that isn't a problem, I haven't been able to get it to work. I plug it in my PCIE slot, and plug in the single six pin from my PSU (Which has 40A on the 12v, so plenty of power for it) and all it does is ramp up the fan all the way, it never displays video for me.

 

With a bit of research I found that the later versions of the 9800 GTX+ only needed 1 x 6-Pin.

So that is normal and it isn't an issue at all. Which I figured was the case since the start.

As for it not displaying and it spinning at full speed I'd first go through some basic troubleshooting to see if it's not the card itself.

 

1. Try Reseating the card (older cards often don't seat well and sometimes takes a bit of effort)

2. Try with a single RAM stick (if this doesn't work try the other ones individually as well, in turn)

3. Also Make sure your RAM sticks are seated properly, and as well that they are in the correct slots.

4. Double check all your cables, Motherboard power? CPU Power? GPU Power? Make sure they are all seated well also.

 

If none of that works, try removing everything you can from the system, 1 stick of ram, and the card, no drives, peripherals or anything (even KB/M) just to see if it boots.

If it boots then start adding things back, KB/M first so you can use the system, another stick of ram, a drive etc...

 

If all this fails then there is likely an issue with the card, if you have another system you can test it in that is a good way to test it.