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Answer» Quote from: Anythingwill on May 10, 2008, 06:55:45 AM
Yes- It will be a set of pins on the motherboard (I don't know the layout) but they will likely be labelled "VGA-2" or "TV-OUT" or something similiar- they'd essentially just be the same type of pins used for jumpers. In order to use it they would need a short CABLE that plugs into the header on one end and would get mounted onto the case to provide a "New" TV-out port. Actually I may have mixed my terminology here- I think the cable that makes it accessible is called the Header Cable, and the pins on the motherboard are just called a header plug. (can somebody clear this up?)Ok, even further extension now. So i got a video card. Actually a guy gave it to me. So i got a fairly good video card for nothing. It's a GeForce 6800 GS. The only thing that i realised is that it NEEDS extra power to run. I do have one extra power cable, except it only has power to three of the four sockets so i wasn't sure if this would work. (When i get home i'll test it, but seeing as i have my doubts...). So, assuming it doesn't, is there anything to do about this? Like, can i get a cord that will split the power between two devices? Or is that a bad idea? Will I have to get a whole new power supply? ThanksQuote Will I have to get a whole new power supply? Yes. That would work best.Alright, so i went looking for a power supply, but first off it's a shuttle computer, so the right type of power supply isn't as common. (INCLUDED pic) Even further than that, though, i asked a guy at the source and he said that the graphics card requires a 350W power supply. Now this was before i STARTED looking at power supplies, so i didn't realise that that doesn't seem to exist for a shuttle! Does this mean i can't run the video card on my shuttle? And why does the video card require 350W in the first place? [RECOVERING space - attachment deleted by admin] |
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