Power connector warning

spdracer · Nov 5, 2009

Just hooked up a msi 4870 1gb and when I check my bios in the editor I get the following warning YOU HAVE NOT CONNECTED ONE OF YOUR VIDEO CARD POWER CONNECTORS TO THE POWER SUPPLY. PLEASE REFER TO THE 'GETTING STARTED GUIDE' FOR PROPER HARDWARE INSTALLATION. Both 4 pin connectors are connected to the card,I don't get any warning when I boot up and all games and benches run fine. Could this be something in the editor that I'm missing?

Laurijan · Nov 5, 2009

Shouldnt the connectors to the 4870 be 6pin or 8pin not 4pin?

spdracer · Nov 5, 2009

Laurijan said:
Shouldnt the connectors to the 4870 be 6pin or 8pin not 4pin?

Sorry,they are indeed 6 pin pci-e connectors

angelkiller · Nov 5, 2009

Just for clarification,

You're not talking about this part of RBE are you?

pantherx12 · Nov 5, 2009

I always get that message regardless of what card I'm using.

spdracer · Nov 5, 2009

angelkiller said:
Just for clarification,

You're not talking about this part of RBE are you?

Yes,exactly

JrRacinFan · Nov 5, 2009

That is supposed to be there. Self explanatory if you ask me ...

It's the text that displays when you don't have it connected to the power supply.

Clouds4brains · Nov 5, 2009

JrRacinFan said:
That is supposed to be there. Self explanatory if you ask me ...

It's the text that displays when you don't have it connected to the power supply.

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mlee49 · Nov 5, 2009

I say pull the card and the power pins, reseat the card, plug in the power pins and make sure they snap into place.

Then reboot and see if you get that same message.

MRCL · Nov 5, 2009

Clouds4brains said:
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I have moments of non-existent intelligence sometimes, too, that could've happen to anyone of us :toast:

If that message does not pop up during the boot sequence, the cables are connected just fine. The computer won't even start if those cables aren't connected.

angelkiller · Nov 5, 2009

JrRacinFan said:
That is supposed to be there. <snip>

It's the text that displays when you don't have it connected to the power supply.

Exactly what I was gonna say. That's the text that the card will show if the power connectors are not connected. You can try this out by unplugging one of the plugs. So you don't have anything to worry about.

FordGT90Concept · Nov 5, 2009

I imagine that if they are connected but the card is still not getting enough power, it would still display that message. Some of the 12v rails in your PSU may have died so it cannot supply the power necessary to run it.

W1zzard · Nov 5, 2009

umm .. so you thought the place to edit the error message text in the bios editor was an actual live error message ?

spdracer · Nov 5, 2009

W1zzard said:
umm .. so you thought the place to edit the error message text in the bios editor was an actual live error message ?

ummmm,yeah,I'm new to this,have used nvidia cards for years just came back to Radeon didn't think that was to edit the message. DOH!

Clouds4brains · Nov 5, 2009

MRCL said:
I have moments of non-existent intelligence sometimes, too, that could've happen to anyone of us

If that message does not pop up during the boot sequence, the cables are connected just fine. The computer won't even start if those cables aren't connected.

Hehe Yes we have all had a brain meltdown :banghead:

Hope you get a good flash spdracer, just being nosey now but why you flashing? and what you got your card clocked at.
My 4870 512mb does 840/1100

spdracer · Nov 6, 2009

Clouds4brains said:
Hehe Yes we have all had a brain meltdown

Hope you get a good flash spdracer, just being nosey now but why you flashing? and what you got your card clocked at.
My 4870 512mb does 840/1100

I'm not flashing Clouds,I was using the editor to check the version and it's the latest one. I just got the 4870 and I haven't oc'd it (yet)

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