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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Fried PCIe Slot on: March 12, 2017, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Etherion on March 12, 2017, 01:32:48 PM
dont feen to alone. I lost a GPU and MB that way on my first build.

So many minute technical details to mining + the time crunch factor = plenty of potential for mistakes.

Sorry to hear you lost a GPU. At least you know how its dead. I have to wait till next week for a new mobo!
2  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Fried PCIe Slot on: March 12, 2017, 03:56:27 PM
Quote from: Wotan Wipeout on March 12, 2017, 06:13:01 AM
These Risers are cheap. Better get a new one.
Check the direction of the Molex too.
I have lots of Risers, and even when they look identical, sometimes the Molex has to be put in upside down.

Wotan


I was afraid of that so I specifically ordered the version 7 risers which have the SATA directly on the 16x riser; no nolex adapter at all! The version 7 are the red ones.
3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Fried PCIe Slot on: March 12, 2017, 02:06:15 AM
Quote from: padrino on March 12, 2017, 01:44:00 AM

I've done that before myself, it depends on the motherboard and short on how much can be salvaged but when you reverse it you feed current into the signaling.. It should have killed the riser and most likely motherboard slot but in all cases I've done it (sadly more than one over tired moment) the GPU was fine.

That's very reassuring, thank you!

Should I chuck the entire 16x riser/usb cable/1x riser and just buy new riser sets or do you know anyone who sells just the 1x part? Also what did you do with your mobo? Know of any repair places or any value on Ebay?
4  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Fried PCIe Slot on: March 12, 2017, 01:38:39 AM
OMG...

LOL I put it in the wrong way. I figured if it was 1, it could be the hardware, but 2x its probably me so before start RMA-ing stuff I better figure out what went wrong.

The mobo isn't reading the PCIe slot. Any hope of salvaging the mobo? I read you could scrub it with a toothbrush and WD40 or something. Hopefully the GPU's aren't bricked.
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Fried PCIe Slot on: March 11, 2017, 10:44:12 PM
Hi, I am working on my first build and today I connected the USB powered riser for the first time and it shorted out. BIOS no longer sees the fried PCIe slot on the mobo.

I tried a second PCIe slot with another riser but the same short occurred. Any idea what could cause this?

http://imgur.com/a/iahP1

Mobo is Asus Q87M-E
Thank you
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