Old 9800PRO 256MB problem

[Matthew Kane]

Hey all, my old 9800PRO has a problem now and its been so long since I've tested/used it.

The problem is that its got a floppy drive power connector and once I plug in the power connector it, a message on the screen says that I need to plug in the power plug into the power connector on the 9800PRO. The problem is that I already have the plug plugged into it. The gfx card is a Powercolor 128Bit R350 256MB 9800Pro card and I'd love to get it to use again asap for my newly built refurbished server. Thanks.

 

[Ehren8879]

Power circuit on the card might be fried or a pin in the socket might be bent/crushed. Either way the card isn't "seeing" the connected voltage.

 

[Bakku]

enable side band addressing (aka SBA) on your motherboard

okay, i am messing around, sry mate cant resist, LOL.

 

[450]

Try a new floppy power cable. Maybe it is bad?

 

[Matthew Kane]

Nah no bent pins in the socket tried the card in 3 different agp motherboards, same message still. And no theirs nothing wrong with the floppy cable, but I am starting to think I need a decent psu to power it up again, will that help?

 

[Sparkhard]

it is most likely that either the power traces have been damaged some way or; whatever device that registers the voltage off of the connector is faulty.


you can try pushing down firmly on the connector's PCB side or even maybe using a little solder... you break it any more than it is and unless you have a very old and low powered PSU then it should be enough to get past the boot message.

 

[Matthew Kane]

well I did use a generic 300watt psu...would that be the problem?

NOTE: I don't have any good psu's lying around the house atm.