At 09:54 AM 11/05/2006, Greg Sevart wrote:
Could be the chipset, fan(s)/fan regulator(s), or something like that. Most other motherboard components (PCI cards, memory, etc) use the +3.3 and especially the +5.0 rails for everything else. Of course, PCIe cards can suck down a lot of power directly from the +12v motherboard rail, without the 6 pin SLI/PCIe connector.
So the motherboard 12V would be used (if applicable) by everything plugged into the motherboard that doesn't have it's own plug to the PS? What is the power requirement for a PCIE video card that doesn't have an external connector?
T
