graphics card woes

itstito · December 19th, 2007

hey. I'm a total noob when it comes to configuring and assembling graphics cards on pcs, so I asked a pal of mine to help me out. after the 8600 gt was put up, there were still 2 wires left: one with both ends having pins, while the other with one end having a pin, and the other end divided into three multi-colored video outputs. my pal couldn't figure out where they went, and while assembling the card, he took out this thin metal strip from the cpu (one among many such strips) to insert the card. was this done okay? the card seems to work fine though. (and whats an hdmi output?)
thanks in advance.

firyace · December 19th, 2007

Ok, this is kinda a guessing game,

both ends having pins: S-video Cable
3 Divided cable: Either Composite cable or component cable.

HDMI video card does not have hdmi port, they have Component cables included.

Also, that thin metal strip is not from your cpu, it is from your chasis, and your card is inserted into the motherboard, not the cpu.

The CPU is a chip that is mounted on your motherboard with a heatsink on top

runawayprisoner · December 19th, 2007

From what I can see, your video card has an HDMI output (flat, almost like a USB port)? Correct me if I'm wrong.

The cable with one end having pin and the other having three inputs is the component cable used to connect to HDTVs.
The rest has been explained.

Squall-Leonhart · December 20th, 2007

its a Composite video adapter and a RCA cable.

btw, its a Tower, or Chassis, not a CPU.

December 19th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
itstito Arnab Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: India Posts: 32	graphics card woes hey. I'm a total noob when it comes to configuring and assembling graphics cards on pcs, so I asked a pal of mine to help me out. after the 8600 gt was put up, there were still 2 wires left: one with both ends having pins, while the other with one end having a pin, and the other end divided into three multi-colored video outputs. my pal couldn't figure out where they went, and while assembling the card, he took out this thin metal strip from the cpu (one among many such strips) to insert the card. was this done okay? the card seems to work fine though. (and whats an hdmi output?) thanks in advance.

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firyace Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fater Posts: 798	Ok, this is kinda a guessing game, both ends having pins: S-video Cable 3 Divided cable: Either Composite cable or component cable. HDMI video card does not have hdmi port, they have Component cables included. Also, that thin metal strip is not from your cpu, it is from your chasis, and your card is inserted into the motherboard, not the cpu. The CPU is a chip that is mounted on your motherboard with a heatsink on top __________________ Free Gundam Model Kits\|Free Real Estate Listing\|My Biomed Engineering Projects \|Gundam Seed Destiny\|Gmecha Blog\|Babes of Gmecha Proud biomedical simulation programmer at the UofC My Gaming computer spec : Pentium Core2Duo 6420 with 4mb cache\|4x1Ghz Corsair PC5400\|XCube rev2.0 uATX case\|HIS 1950pro Turbo \|Tiger 3in1 Controller port\|1x500GB Maxtor Sata2 hard drive\|1x80Gb WD Sata\|19inch Samsung LCD

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runawayprisoner Mobile Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 4,402	From what I can see, your video card has an HDMI output (flat, almost like a USB port)? Correct me if I'm wrong. The cable with one end having pin and the other having three inputs is the component cable used to connect to HDTVs. The rest has been explained. __________________ Computer specs: CPU: Intel Celeron M 450MHz RAM: 1GB DDR2 100MHz Storage: 4GB SSD + 8GB SDHC Monitor: 7" LCD WVGA 800x480 OS: Windows XP Professional w/ SP3 Road warrior operation duration: 4h30m! (extendable to 6h30m!)

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