Darktongue (OP)
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August 04, 2012, 01:28:42 AM |
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Had my PSU blow up today on my rig. It actually caught fire . I managed to keep my cool and douse the area with an extinguisher. could've been worse then it was. It is inadmissible that a PSU geared for dedicated mining would burn..... epic fail etc. But it did... Has this act of god ever occurred with any of you? More then likely I'll rebuild, I'm a late bloomer having only been mining for 4 months now... So really to let this destroy my mojo for this project isn't something I should do. However I cannot fund a rebuild so I'll have to generate coin elsewhere to make the cost. Mother F$#%er
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tiberiandusk
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August 04, 2012, 01:31:26 AM |
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I had a power supply die on me a couple months ago but it didn't start on fire. It just quit turning on. Was it dirty?
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AndrewBUD
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August 04, 2012, 02:13:22 AM |
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Crap happens.... A name brand PSU? RMA maybe? even if it's out of warranty Lie through your teeth....
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Herodes
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August 04, 2012, 02:49:20 AM |
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Had a very small rig running in the garage for months, then it just dies.
Perhaps you should look into FPGA options at this time ?
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bitcool
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Live and enjoy experiments
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August 04, 2012, 02:50:57 AM |
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Did it happen on its own? If so, consider yourself lucky that you were present when it happened.
Around July 4th last year, I literally witnessed one of my PSU went up in smoke (and spark) after I switched it on.
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Nesetalis
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August 04, 2012, 02:53:30 AM |
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I had been 'gifted' a GT 270 a few years ago.. was great awesome wonderful!.... and when i turned on my computer, it blew out my power supply in a shower of sparks. (apperently it had a fault in it that the guy didn't tell me about... a rather broad short circut) expensive 800watt power supply toasted... -.- was unhappy.
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420
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August 04, 2012, 03:37:42 AM |
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How many watts?
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Coinoisseur
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August 04, 2012, 05:10:59 AM |
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If it's a name brand supply, they may be willing to replace some of the hardware that went with it. Much like how UPS and surge protector companies have insurance to cover the rare spectacular failure. No guarantees though, just like with other insurance it can be a pain to get any payout.
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muqali
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August 04, 2012, 09:39:37 AM |
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My thermaltake 850 has been going strong with my i7 3930k and 7970 so far. I am upgrading to a Corsair 1200 as soon as I can though and adding another 7970.
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AndrewBUD
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August 04, 2012, 01:45:49 PM |
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^ that 800watt should run 2 x 7970 and your system without issue.
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420
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August 04, 2012, 01:58:08 PM |
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Wanna buy a 650W XFX
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uuidman
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August 04, 2012, 08:58:47 PM |
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Had my PSU blow up today on my rig. It actually caught fire . I managed to keep my cool and douse the area with an extinguisher. could've been worse then it was. It is inadmissible that a PSU geared for dedicated mining would burn..... epic fail etc. But it did... Has this act of god ever occurred with any of you? More then likely I'll rebuild, I'm a late bloomer having only been mining for 4 months now... So really to let this destroy my mojo for this project isn't something I should do. However I cannot fund a rebuild so I'll have to generate coin elsewhere to make the cost. Mother F$#%er What brand and model ? Their seems to be some LQ psu that get trouble when pushed to their limits.
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muqali
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August 05, 2012, 05:04:20 AM |
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^ that 800watt should run 2 x 7970 and your system without issue.
Yea, adding up the voltage and amperage listed in the Asus GPU tweak tool the card is around 150W during mining. I also have 3 1TB hard drives, 2 180GB Intel SSDs and 2 120GB Intel SSDs and an LSI raid controller. I just want to err on the side of caution as well as future proofing.
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BFL-Scrypt
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August 05, 2012, 04:57:39 PM |
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You can't go wrong with a Corsair AX-series. I've had anywhere from 8 to 12 BFL BitForce Singles running off a solitary AX1200 PSU in the lab for some time now.
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muqali
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August 06, 2012, 02:41:45 AM |
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You can't go wrong with a Corsair AX-series. I've had anywhere from 8 to 12 BFL BitForce Singles running off a solitary AX1200 PSU in the lab for some time now.
Yea, I've got a case and H100 water cooler from them and the quality is top notch. I want to step up to the power supply just to future proof and give this 2 year old thermaltake a break. I'll keep it lying around as a spare or maybe running some BFL stuff if people start dumping singles in favor of asics. Not to get rich with, just to play around with. I love dicking around with tech. Hell, I may even pick up an ASIC device, one of the cheap ones, if they actually deliver on what they say they will.
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