[mythtv-users] Issue booting with new GT 430, WAS: Recent occasional tearing with GT 430 Advanced 2x?

[Christopher Kerr]

On 13 January 2015 at 10:09, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Before I send this back for a replacement, can anyone think of *any*
> >> reason, short of simply being a defective card, that this would
> >> happen?
> >
> >
> > Does it require an additional power lead from your power supply?  I've
> had
> > this happen to me before when I forget to plug in the extra wires.
> >
> > I'm not familiar with low profile cards but I know that the regular cards
> > require extra power.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > Jerry
> >
>
> No this card (just like my old one) requires no power lead.  None of
> the low profile GT 730 cards I've looked at appear to.
>
> As I mentioned in my reply, one of the reviews talks about another
> older Dell model whose BIOS just wouldn't recognize that thing.  I'm
> pretty sure that's what I've got going on.  I talked to newegg and
> arranged a return / refund.  I'll order some other model / brand and
> see how I make out.


Is your Dell old enough have PCI-E 1.0 spec slots?

The power delivery specification changed between PCI-E 1.0 and 2.0, so some
(many) cards which don't have an external power connector don't work in
older motherboards with slots that look compatible.

- Chris
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