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Topic
Board Hardware
Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch!
by
wrb2010
on 03/10/2014, 17:05:52 UTC
Okay i started with 3 600 evga bronze, ended up melting pcie wires on all three. Returned them and got 2 rosewill 700 capestones and a rosewill 650 hive. I have 2x 700 and 1 x 525 and 1x475 monarchs. The rosewill 700 psu were running the 700s fine until the liquid started coming out around the waterblocks the 525 the same way. The 475 monarch i really never got to run only hooked it up when the 700 quit and before it really started hashing i noticed alot of liquid on the sled. so i stopped it.  I have a 700 that was working fine, cut if off wanted to inspect the two that were messed up. the screws on the back side of the board that are holding the waterblock were real loose. I think that is why they were leaking. But the psu work fine until attached to the card. Shit even running the fan only they work fine, as soon as the pcie cables are add it will not come on.  When i get home from work im going to mix and match all psus to monarchs but i dont think its the psu.  When they were working they ran 80c and the 525 was usually around 55-60c. Ive got them in my garage because of the heat so its probally about 75-80 f there. http://i.imgur.com/P669rKH.jpg. excuse the mess made a room on the other side of the wall and at the time i hadnt finshed. Im running them in that box. with a desk fan pointing down on them and the window fan on the top in acting as an exaust pulling the heat out of the box. Filters to catch dust, dirt on the front. Ive emailed the reciever and bfl and sent rma but i dont know if anything will come of that.