New question on Old 8500DV!!

[Goose77]

i noticed on my aiw8500dv that there is a power plug(similar to a floppy drive) i was wondering if it needed extra power to work? and if i did plug it in would i get extra performace. I know that some of the fx cards need the extra power to run at full clock speed. Is that what this is for??

Its a male plug, if that helps any! just right for the ps plug.

 

[Goose77]

ANYONE, bump

 

[MyName]

That plug supplies power for the firewire port,
if you don't have anything plugged into the firewire
port that needs the extra juice then you don't need it

 

[Goose77]

thanks alot. been looking for that anwser for a while now. I was wondering why that firewire port didnt work. You would think ATI would document that in there guides that come with the card!!! Thanks again!