Corsair RM 850 Shutting Down

[optimator]

Hey All!

I have a Corsair RM850. It's powered on using the paper clip trick and it's drawing about 283 watts at the wall.

It runs fine for about 1 or so hours and then shuts off.

I have a friend who was using an RM850 to power a couple of BFL 60Gh units and he reported the same thing.

He put a fan blowing across the units and said it fixed the problem.

Has anyone else had this problem???

Cheers!

[cowandtea]

Check your power supply main cable and the cable to the motherboard. Make sure none of the socket is burned.

[HellDiverUK]

Check your power supply main cable and the cable to the motherboard. Make sure none of the socket is burned.

You didn't even read the OP, did you? 

[HellDiverUK]

It runs fine for about 1 or so hours and then shuts off.

I have a friend who was using an RM850 to power a couple of BFL 60Gh units and he reported the same thing.

I had a similar problem with an older Zalman 1000W PSU that was running a pair of ASICMiner Blades and a few USB hubs - all 12v.  The Zalman would cut out after 30-60 minutes.  Turned out it needed some load on the 5v rail, so I hooked up a couple of fans to the 5V and it seemed to cure the issue.

In the end up I replaced the Zalman with a Corsair CX750 which runs fine with only a 12V load.  Been running 24/7 for about a month now.

[optimator]

It runs fine for about 1 or so hours and then shuts off.

I have a friend who was using an RM850 to power a couple of BFL 60Gh units and he reported the same thing.

I had a similar problem with an older Zalman 1000W PSU that was running a pair of ASICMiner Blades and a few USB hubs - all 12v.  The Zalman would cut out after 30-60 minutes.  Turned out it needed some load on the 5v rail, so I hooked up a couple of fans to the 5V and it seemed to cure the issue.

In the end up I replaced the Zalman with a Corsair CX750 which runs fine with only a 12V load.  Been running 24/7 for about a month now.

Thanks! I'm using it to power a KNC Jupiter. The Jupiter requires a Molex connection in addition to the PCI-e connectors. I thought I plugged in the Molex to the 5v rail. Which seems like it should draw something???

Last night I plugged a 120mm fan into the Molex chain and set it on top of the power supply and it ran fine all night.