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Title: First casualty Post by: Mr.Coin on October 10, 2012, 05:19:00 AM Just had my first casualty, thankfully only my MB. Got a message saying my usb was drawing too much power. Then two of the 5v power supply started melting the plastic on the MB.
Title: Re: First casualty Post by: Mad7Scientist on October 15, 2012, 04:08:11 AM Something shorted on the board? Does it still work?
Title: Re: First casualty Post by: AmDD on October 15, 2012, 11:03:31 AM What did you have hooked up to USB? Fpgas?
Title: Re: First casualty Post by: GernMiester on October 16, 2012, 06:15:22 PM Mine was an HD5870. Power no POST when installed in any PC.
It is costing me 400Mh/s plus shipping to manufacturer. Do you run an open case? wondering if something fell in.... Title: Re: First casualty Post by: kwoody on October 21, 2012, 05:49:08 AM My first casualty was a fan failure on an "xtreme" edition Sapphire 5830. instead of waiting for Sapphire to fix it, I attached a fan to it.. it now runs hot, 85c, at stock gpu core clock with underclocked memory.. boo..
Title: Re: First casualty Post by: Desolator on October 22, 2012, 03:51:29 AM I only used the best parts for my rig so I didn't have a failure ever. I also have built PCs for customers professionally for years and only had 1 single failure and I told them not to run their gaming PC in an enclosed area that was like 140F like 5 times and they still didn't. Just buy only tested, respectable parts and run them properly and you won't have a failure.
Title: Re: First casualty Post by: dentldir on October 22, 2012, 06:11:34 AM Thats funny, I only used the cheapest quality parts and junk I had laying around. Then I bought a bunch of used crap off of eBay. The whole setup was profitable in a couple of months and is still running today. Got lucky on the run up to $30.
I only lost one $20 power supply so far. Still mining today. Although, I did have to replace a fan on a 5830 that overheated just like the previous poster. |