Gene said:
Get a Molex to floppy adapter.
Yes, there are many adapters available.
Some will violate the rules on ampacity of connector pins,
but I'm not going to write a whole post with a breakdown.
I will mention though, that modern power supplies contain a liability.
The usage of only SATA power connectors, means it will be less
safe to connect such adapters to SATA plugs. Because the SATA
plug doesn't have nearly the same ampere capacity that the
venerable Molex does. The 1x4 Molex is much better as a starting
point for adapter usage (but only has +5V and +12V on it).
The floppy connector likely has a slightly lower ampere
rating than the Molex, but then, the company making the
video card knows that, and won't be drawing more current
through those pins, than the connector can handle. I would
have to find a connector company spec sheet for the connector,
to be able to tell you what the upper limit is on the floppy
style connector.
For example, if there existed a floppy (on PSU side) to Molex
(computer side), then you could draw enough current through the
Molex, that the floppy connector would start to burn. That's
one of the dangers, when using adapters, namely that one of the
two connectors has a lower rating than the other, and you
can't draw more current than the lower of the two ratings.
As Gene says, you can use a Molex to floppy connector for this one.
It will be safe. I'm surprised the necessary cable didn't come in
the box.
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-102-073-03.jpg
As an example, this Molex "Y" cable, has a Molex and Floppy
on the output side, and would get the job done. I wouldn't
daisy chain any more loads off the end of this thing, than a
few cooling fans. I wouldn't put addition disk drive(s) on the
end of the chain for example, knowing that the floppy one is
powering a video card.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41t7GEOkOFL.jpg
(
http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SY-CAB65...5KBQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317933237&sr=8-1 )
This one doesn't support chaining, and would also get the job done.
This is the kind that would normally come in the video card box.
(When I got my 9800Pro AGP card, it came with a relatively long
adapter cable, right in the box. When I buy cards, I try to
search for "box contents" info, to make sure any special cables
are provided.)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21uFQsBvNkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Paul
