Re: [WTS] USB Style PCI-E 1x - 16x Powered Riser Cables !! $20 Each
Well, to my surprise, these seem to work fine with much longer USB cables.
I just set a rig up with a standard one 1m cable, one 2m cable and one 3m cable. All cards are up and running, no HW errors, no extra or unusual rejects. I really didn't think it would work, but it does! I doubt I'll ever be selling longer cables, but if someone wanted to run extreme length rigs, it might be worth a try for you. Just make sure to order cables from a place you can return them if it doesn't work, and try a few at a time to start. Maybe I'll put a rack together with 120 cards per wire shelving unit instead of just 60!!
I just set a rig up with a standard one 1m cable, one 2m cable and one 3m cable. All cards are up and running, no HW errors, no extra or unusual rejects. I really didn't think it would work, but it does! I doubt I'll ever be selling longer cables, but if someone wanted to run extreme length rigs, it might be worth a try for you. Just make sure to order cables from a place you can return them if it doesn't work, and try a few at a time to start. Maybe I'll put a rack together with 120 cards per wire shelving unit instead of just 60!!
I tried 15ft cables from monoprice with no luck. The cards where undetected. Looks like 3m might be the limit.
Mono price doesn't have USB 3.0 cables that are male A to male A . If you tried it with a 2.0 cable I'm really not surprised at all that it didn't work, missing a few wires there !
I know they shut down for the holiday. I made a bunch of orders before that was supposed to start and they should have left the country, but didn't. On the way now, anything that I haven't already shipped should be here Monday.