Hi everyone, I am building a 13 GPU 1060 rig and I ran into an issue. I set up the first 7 cards on one PSU, ran it for 24 hours and everything was fine. I went to set up the last 6 cards and the PSU shorted out (Smoke, pops, bad smells)
Here is an extended timeline.
1) Unplugged MOBO cable and plugged in dual PSU cable - 2 wire connection to the original PSU powering the board, full wire connection to the new PSU
2) Plugged in all cables for the risers (no cards in the risers, just powered)
3) Plugged in all cables PCIE cables for the cards (again, no cards just cables)
4) Booted it up.
Everything worked for a few minutes, I went into the other room to gather some parts and I heard the pops.
Some other details and notes
1) The rig still works fine on the first psu (with and without the cable)
So my question to you is why and more importantly how to move forward with this build and not have this happen again.
Should I scrap all the risers and dual PSU cable?
Any help would be appreciated
Were they same model psu?
What models were they?
First off bad riser
Second did you shield all the usb connections to the mobo they could have shifted and shorted.