TBS6982 - Not Recongnised + 2 Pin Power ??

[i0zjh02]

Hi Just bought one of these "manufacturer refurbished & retested" on eBay and cant seem to get it to work. I've put it in a PCIe x 1 slot (is this OK??) but it is not recognised at all by the PC (HP Workstation XW4600) and does not show up in device manager.
I'm wondering:

a) Does the card work in PCIe x 1 slot

b) Does it need seperate power feed? The card has a 2 pin connector that nothing fits from the ATX power supply and there is no adapter in the box. I cant find any reference at all to this in the manuals so no idea which pin is which and what voltage required otherwise I would fabricate a connection to test.

If anybody shed any light on this, it would be appreciated otherwise I assume I'll just return the card

Thanks

[lodale]

The card often needs external power (not getting enough power through the PCI bus). The card should be delivered with an adapter that connects to the PSU on your PC.

[crazycat]

maybe again pcie 1.0a compatibility issues with certain chipsets or BIOS ?

[steven]

Hi

Please update your BIOS to the latest version and have a try change the PCI-E slot.

Thanks

Kind Regards

steven

[mopat]

Two pin power connector is +12 vdc (Yellow) and ground (Black).