[Pc_Support] Why me? Another dead PCI-Express card

[Bryan J. Smith]

Damien McKenna <damien at mc-kenna.com> wrote:
> It didn't have a special power connector on it so it was
> only drawing the standard 16x PCI-E power.

Yeah, I'm thinking AGP.

PCIe is supposed to provide up to 100-150W, although some of
the GeForce 6600GTs can come very close to 140W.  So maybe it
is the mainboard.

I've also been using GeForce 6800/7800 cards, so the Molex or
PCIe connector has been required -- regardless of PCIe or AGP.

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