Quote from: twib2 on January 23, 2014, 03:13:52 AM

Quote from: twib2 on January 23, 2014, 03:06:10 AM

Quote from: Guava on January 23, 2014, 02:55:22 AM

Quote from: grumpy619 on January 23, 2014, 02:23:21 AM

This is how i set it up. At the ESP I tried both locations. Are the PCIe's location specific? The CPU goes in well.

You could have shorted something. 8pin EPS and 6pin PCIE doesnt have 12V on the same side.

BTW, my power board doesn't look like yours. You have more connectors on yours Huh

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That's odd - I didn't notice that before; he does have a different board with more connectors than mine, too. If grumpy619 remembered which way the stock PSUs were wired we could rule out using the wrong one, but since he tried both, then it must not be that.

No worries on mixing the PCIe and EPS connectors - it must have some protection built in because mine simply wouldn't start when they were hooked up in the wrong locations. Once I fixed that, it started up just fine.

Based upon the layout of my card, I'd have guessed that the upper right location (the one he currently has EPS in) is unused and that the correct one to use would be the one on the left.

Another thought is that some PSUs have both a dual-4pin EPS and a full 8-pin EPS. When that's the case, I've always used the full 8-pin, but in this case maybe he could hook up both if he has them. I'm guessing though that mere 700s would not provide them. I'm running a CoolMax 1000ZU and a Corsair HX1050 (yes overkill - but the controller side already ate up one CoolMax 1000ZU, so I'm of the yes-I'll-happily-overprovide-power camp...).

So do you think a single 1200 will work for these units. I also plan on adding a knob that I can control the fan manually. Let me know what you think I already have a design that I might try to create tomorrow.