If you exceed the specs...the wires/connectors are gong to get hot...eventually could melt ...and cause short or fire...do it @ your own risk, buddy...
EDIT...: If the Gridseeds are starving for power...they could act the way they want...UNPREDICTABLE... I guess...
Damm, not what I wanted to hear, I wish there was an easier way. I hope its not only 3 Modded Seeds per 6-pin Id find that such a waste If you ask me..
i just had a thought to find out EXACTLY how much the 6 or 8 pin are pulling from my 290x OC mining... Tomorrow when I get up , I am going to plug a watt-meter to one of the PSU's - I'll have 3 PSU's on one rig using 2 x add2psu adapter for this test, Now I actually have one of my cards split off into 2 PSU's 6pin in 1 and the 8pin in the other - ppl used to say this isnt good, well i have been doing it for months as I dont see any issue with it, the card is what controls the power coming in and will only take whats needed so doesnt really matter where the power is coming from... anyway here is what I will do.. 1st right down the number on the wattmeter when only 8 pin is plugged in & mining, the 6 pin will be in the other PSU which I am not measuring... once written the wattage number that the PSU with 8 pin is in only, ill reboot but this time have both 6 + 8pin start mining again and then right the figures down... The difference in the numbers will give me the amount the 6pin was pulling as it was missing 1st and then re-measured with it plugged in the same psu. I will then repeat but this time with the 8 pin.
Since the 290x is known to take 300w+ I will now know more accurately what these cables will handle safely as I have been running these cards like this for months without a single glitch the cables are not hot at all.
EDIT: Ok Guys so I did it and its just what I thought the specs that have been stated much around the net are greatly reduced to what these connectors can really handle... As that guy researched seems to be correct, I did the test myself with the watt-meter to see what the 290x is actually pulling from these connectors, lets not forget I have been running like this for months with all PSU 80+ Gold Corsair not a single issue, I never needed to do the test before though so never I bothered to chuck the watt-meter on it for this specific purpose ... Heres what I found... My 290x was OC above the normal frequency/clocks and I told Cgminer to allow 30% more power if needed, but I only allow maximum fan speed to be 85% unless overheat is detected, No overheat was detected for this test so only 85% of the fan speed was in use.
RESULTS (Only what the connectors pull from a 290x)Total watt For 6PIN & 8PIN =
310-315Watt <<<< This is ONLY the PSU PCIE-connectors I did NOT measure what the MB slot is pulling so really it would be 315watt + Whatever the MB slot is taking..... FYI if your interested - I was using a 16x to 1x Riser, Unpowered since the MB has its dedicated power for the PCIe
6 Pin - 100w - 105w8 pin - 205w -210wWell above the famous specs, as I thought, AMD would know this and would not release a card needing the 6 & 8PIN knowing that the card exceeds the connectors specs.
Please note - the above power is only what the 290x is asking from the connectors who knows how much more these connectors can give out, and I am
betting its what the guy on my previous post >>>
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6307446 has researched,
6 Pin @ 192watt and the
8Pin @ 288watt