Hello. The antminer C1 has 8 pci express male connectors built into it. I have been powering it with two EVGA 80 plus bronze 500 watt power supplies. That uses 4 of the plugs (two for each supply). All was well for like a year, then the power supply pci express connectors melted into the board's male plugs and I had to RMA the power supplies because the plugs were melted. Thankfully, they let me rma those. The male plugs on the board had the power supply plugs melted into them. Luckily I was able to just go ahead and use the other 4 plugs once I received the new power supplies.
Well, the same thing has happened again. The power supply plugs melted into the board plugs so now all 8 plugs on the Antminer are ruined and need replaced. Is this easy to replace the male pci express plugs built onto the C1 boards? Do I need specialty plugs of some sort, or can somebody tell me how to do this and where i get the replacement plugs? Pleeeeassseee? I'm not sure if they use typical pci express plugs. It looks like i need to unsolder the 6 pins from the opposite sides that connect it to the board, but there are six L shaped metal connectors that plug from the board into the bottom of the pci express male plugs. I seen some replacement plugs on Frozen CPU so far, but they are just all plastic, with no metal or even holes where you'd attach them to the board.
Hopefully they let me RMA the power supplies again. But I will definitely need to replace the male pci express plugs on the board as well.
I'd highly appreciate any assistance and advice that the community can provide me.
