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March 13, 2014, 09:01:17 AM
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Part 3b of the guide has wiring diagrams.  I'll post a direct link when I get to a computer.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5511232

Part 3B: Wiring your own Molex or PCI-E power connectors
Sample Molex HomeBrew (Electric Tape)

For Dual mode you can safely run 3 miners per PCI-E
For Scrypt mode you can run at least 10 per PCI-E 1-5 per molex.
You could run 10 on molex but I wouldn't take it that high as you could then load 1 PSU lead to 400Watts and burn down the building.  

Would it be possible to go into detail for wiring the PCIE cable to 2.5mm Plug for the miners. I want to use an extra psu i have lying around but I am worried I might fry the Miner, also What type of power supply does the WIIDevice take. Can I do the same thing with it from the PSU as the miners or do I need something else specific.

Thanks

The hub and gridseeds are 12v

http://www.moddiy.com/pages/Power-Supply-Connectors-%26-Pinouts.html









The RED wire on the gridseed plugs (center of the barrel) is +12v which makes the white wire (outside of the barrel) ground


The wiibox/tplink controllers are 5v USB

http://pinoutsguide.com/





Perfect thank you,

Let me see if I understand this, PCIE, I would be able to wire 3 Miners up to, and if I ran a IDE molex to the IDE plug on my modular PSU, the red wire with a ground will provide 5V of power to the WIIContrller

EDIT: http://retroblast.arcadecontrols.com/articles/coindoor.html



Red and Black yes.
donator
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March 13, 2014, 08:09:25 AM
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Part 3b of the guide has wiring diagrams.  I'll post a direct link when I get to a computer.
sr. member
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March 12, 2014, 07:15:17 PM
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over the last 30 years I've probably replaced 200 power supplies and know where everything plugs in to the mother board but now it's time to get real.

ok - so I have 20 grid seeds ordered and I'll probably dual mine to supplement my btc income and use the gridseeds to mine altcoins - not sure which yet.

so - I have my usb hub, all the usb cables that'll run to the gridseeds from the hub - an ubuntu box ready to go and I stopped by radio shack today to buy barrier strips for the power to the gridseeds.

so - now the question for me if how to I hack these cables up coming out of the PSU to go to my barrier strips to power the gridseeds.

which connectors should I snip off to go to my barrier strips. I do understand that something must be jumpered on the main plug to fool the PSU into thinking it's plugged into a mother board.

any help would be appreciated. ps: I'm looking at a Gold 750W unit for 20 gridseeds.

from what I understand I should be using the pcie connectors to powering the barrier strips?

thanks in advance

Jeff
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