GaSs Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Hey Guys Just wanna ask , Our local Suppliers were not very helpful or friendly... I have had a HX1000 for roughly 3 months, and bought it as my goal was to go TRI SLI GTX285 on my rampage 2.... The one problem is, as i have never checked the cables were always sealed... is the 4 Modular PCI-E cables that come with it... The GTX 285 needs two 6 PIN PCI-E connectors... The 4 cables i have, 2 are 6 pin and the other two are 8 pin so i can only run SLI not TRI... I was under the impression the cables are supposed to be 6+2 pin and you can change them either to 6 or 8 pin... Spoke to other guys on my local forum and they say theirs are... I attached the pic so you guys can see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEAR6655 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73054 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaSs Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 um okay? So are the cables wrong? Im from South Africa... Thats the problem... Been fighting with my usless supplier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterFazekas Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Can't you just plug the 8pin ones into the 6pin cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaSs Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Nope tried that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterFazekas Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I checked around, they don't even come with ANY 6pin or 8pin ones, they're all supposed to be 6+2 so are you absoloutely sure you can't take those apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 the +2 part of the 8 pin, the card wont allow the extra 2 pins to just hang over the right side of the connector (overlap)?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaSs Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Ye Peter , check i even posted a picture... My other friend got his with ones you can take apart to make either 6 or 8 pin... Very strange mine came with these cables... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterFazekas Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Very strange indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEAR6655 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I believe the older version HX1000's came with solid 8 pins because at that time it was believed 8 pin was the way of the future. Newer models came with 6+2 once it was realised that improvements in power efficiency meant cards only had dual 6 pin. You can order 6+2 cables free of charge from the link in my first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaSs Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 okay great thanks guys...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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