[GTALUG] Graphics cards - - - too much 'joy'

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Lennart Sorensen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

| On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 08:50:46AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

| > <https://www.moddiy.com/pages/Power-Supply-Connectors-and-Pinouts.html>


| On the 6pin PCIe power, 2 are 12V, 2 are GND, one is sense, and one is
| either not connected or 12V (on the 8pin version that one becomes the
| 3rd 12V).  The 8pin adds a second sense pin and an extra ground and
| makes the optional 12V pin required.
| 
| The sense pins are connected to ground but are not to be used as ground
| wires.  They are only for detecting that the cable is connected and what
| type of cable it is.

Wow, the description in the link I posted is woefully incomplete and
misleading.

Thanks for these clarifications and those in your next message?.

Do you have a (free) reference that goes into these details?

Do you have advice for o1bigtenor?