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Quote from: huntingthesnark on October 11, 2017, 04:26:32 PM

Quote from: dragonmike on October 11, 2017, 10:17:04 AM

I won't parrot what everyone's already said in here to increase their post count, but I'll just add that you should be careful to buy the sata cable from the same brand as your PSU. More often then not, the cables are not interchangeable between brands. They must be using a different plug/socket design just to force users to buy aftermarket cables from them too...

Yeah, and EVGA psus come with x4 in one molex cables. Been running them for months, no issues *yet* ....

HMM... All I use is EVGA 1300 and the molex is
2 cables with 3 molex connections
4 (maybe 3) Sata with 3 Sata connections
6 PCIE connections with 4 being single 6+2 and 2 of them being 6+2 and 6

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Quote from: dragonmike on October 11, 2017, 10:17:04 AM

I won't parrot what everyone's already said in here to increase their post count, but I'll just add that you should be careful to buy the sata cable from the same brand as your PSU. More often then not, the cables are not interchangeable between brands. They must be using a different plug/socket design just to force users to buy aftermarket cables from them too...

Yeah, and EVGA psus come with x4 in one molex cables. Been running them for months, no issues *yet* ....

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Quote from: adaseb on October 11, 2017, 02:54:24 PM

Nothing but bad advice in this thread.

You should NEVER connect any GPUs (unless its the older 7970/280x/290) on any SATA powered cable for the riser.

Since these GPUs take less power from the PCIe connectors (from PSU) they pull more power from the Riser +12V. Most RX series cards use about 40-50 Watts, which is 4 AMPS which the SATA connector cannot handle.

If you have a R9 280X, then you can use the riser SATA.

I believe you are mistaken, my fellow bitcointalker.
SATA = 3 pins rated @ 1.5A each, so max 4.5A in total.
At 12V this equates to 54W which is perfectly fine.
So 1 riser = perfectly safe. 2 risers, well, it's above spec, but many people still consider it as ok (as long as ambient temp isn't too high). Anything above and you're seriously asking for trouble.

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Quote from: dragonmike on October 11, 2017, 10:17:04 AM

I won't parrot what everyone's already said in here to increase their post count, but I'll just add that you should be careful to buy the sata cable from the same brand as your PSU. More often then not, the cables are not interchangeable between brands. They must be using a different plug/socket design just to force users to buy aftermarket cables from them too...

For cost consumption issue some of the people go for cheap data cables. If we go with the same brand cable you will find more issue like heating issue and bursting.
In same board you have to use the same graphics card in all riser line to do not find the issue.

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Nothing but bad advice in this thread.

You should NEVER connect any GPUs (unless its the older 7970/280x/290) on any SATA powered cable for the riser.

Since these GPUs take less power from the PCIe connectors (from PSU) they pull more power from the Riser +12V. Most RX series cards use about 40-50 Watts, which is 4 AMPS which the SATA connector cannot handle.

If you have a R9 280X, then you can use the riser SATA.

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If your PSU molex can supply enough power for 4 sata to riser, then it is the issue of bad quality of the sata cable. I remembered I watched a video mentioning bad quality of sata cable sometimes designed for harddisk usage only because harddisk draws less wattage from PSU.

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I won't parrot what everyone's already said in here to increase their post count, but I'll just add that you should be careful to buy the sata cable from the same brand as your PSU. More often then not, the cables are not interchangeable between brands. They must be using a different plug/socket design just to force users to buy aftermarket cables from them too...

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Quote from: Oakey22 on October 11, 2017, 10:06:33 AM

Quote from: mayankvig0 on October 11, 2017, 09:54:58 AM

Always connect 1 gpu to 1 sata cable.

That is not possible with a standard ATX PSU and 6 cards, you have to double up on some

he has the hx1200i

he can buy six oem cables direct from corsair the link is above
if he runs:

smos
no0019
windows 10

on usb sticks

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDrive-128GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00S5V5PJC/ref=pd_sbs_328_2?

he does not need the sata cables for anything but his risers

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Quote from: mayankvig0 on October 11, 2017, 09:54:58 AM

Always connect 1 gpu to 1 sata cable.

That is not possible with a standard ATX PSU and 6 cards, you have to double up on some

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Always connect 1 gpu to 1 sata cable.

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I remember when i put 4 molex risers on one cable. Oh boy!
Good thing that i was in the room and smelled trouble brewing

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The smell of hot cable in the air was very noticeable. I quickly touched all the cables on the PSU and almost burned myself on the riser one.
Turned of the rig and never did that again. Disaster averted!

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also make sure that the cable/psu that your using is true rated and don't overload your cables man

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Quote from: Metroid on October 11, 2017, 05:28:49 AM

Quote from: Pippuz96 on October 11, 2017, 05:09:15 AM

I'm using only one sata cable with 4 connection at the moment.

Are you out of your mind? Thank the gods you are not burned alive yet. Sata cable is for maximum 2 cards and that is too much, preferred is one per card.

For the AMD 7970 or R9 390, it can supply up to three. But for the modern cards, it can only supply 1 to 2 cards.

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I use sata for 2 cards max. Any more and you are asking for trouble

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I have experienced this. Follow the rule of one card one cable and you will never face this issue again! Wink

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yeah, 1 or 2 gpu max per sata cable

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Quote from: Pippuz96 on October 11, 2017, 05:09:15 AM

Hi everyone,
Today for the second time my rig stop working due to burning of risers sata cable.
I'm still new in mining,
My rig has
Galax Gtx 1060 OC x4
8 GB ram
PSU Corsair hx1200i
Motherboard ASRock H81 PRO BTC R2

I'm using ethos my card are working at 22.5mh/s each, usually they are stable but after few days the sata cable that give power to riser get burned. I'm using only one sata cable with 4 connection at the moment. Should i Just connect only 1/2 GPU to each sata cable?

Thank for your help

you put four gpus on the cable you melted the cable.

And you ask if you should put less gpus.

The answer is yes put less gpus 1 or 2 max.

Go to the corsair website they have the exact cable you need

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/ribbon-style-sata-cable-with-4-connectors-type-3-short-cable
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/ribbon-style-sata-cable-with-4-connectors-type-3-850mm

Contents and Specifications
Package contents

One (1) "Ribbon Style" SATA Cable with 4 Connectors, Type 3 (700mm)
Compatibility:

Compatible with all Corsair Type 3 pin out PSU: AXi, HXi, HX, RMi, RMx, RM, SF, TXM, CSM, CXM

90 percent sure these are what you want.

you can ask the forum
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/index.php

or you can ask jonnyguru forum

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/

1 or 2 gpus at the most.

dagarair

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ebay

maybe amazon

Pippuz96

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Thank for your reply I think I will remember forever.
Now I don't have any sata cable left my question is where can I buy more? Should I buy from Corsair ? My PSU is hx1200i

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If you used 4 powered riser for feeds 1 sata socket, Is it burned? this normally and so dangerously.
2POWER RİSER -> 1SATA this is a normal and safety

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