Quick question on powered risers - page 2.

RickJamesBTC

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Quote from: Blazed on February 09, 2014, 06:44:34 PM

Yes you can run them either way... I think powered risers is a marketing scam personally. I have mined without them with no issues.

LOL. We know that hooking up 6 gpus on non powered risers draws too much power through motherboard traces. It's been proven, with lots of pictures of burnt traces.

USB style risers are even better, as you can put the gpus up to 10 ft away or more (I've only tested 10ft cables at the max) and build racks designed just for good cooling.

Blazed

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Yes you can run them either way... I think powered risers is a marketing scam personally. I have mined without them with no issues.

Gazza1

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It depends on how the riser is powered. If the riser cable is cut in any way then it will not work. If the yellow power cable is soldered to the pins then it will work and be fine.

vadoff

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Not entirely sure, but I would still power them even if you don't think you need to.

lorbas

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Anyone?

lorbas

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Hey there,

is it save to use powered risers without actually powering them? I have some powered risers left but there's no need for me to power them in my curent setup. In other terms, is a powered riser nothing else but a modified unpowered riser?

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