I learned something new about Power Supply Cables. And I almost made a huge mistake.
My son needed an extra PCIE power cable, so I shipped him one that I had laying around. Big mistake. Luckily I caught the mistake before he tried to install.
It turns out that you can't use one brand's PCIE cable on another. It can result in blown components. But shouldn't there be some kind of standard to prevent that from happening? Well, not really,.
There is a standard for one end of the cable - the end that plugs into the motherboard, GPU and other things. But the end that plugs directly into the PSU is brand specific.
My son needed an extra PCIE power cable, so I shipped him one that I had laying around. Big mistake. Luckily I caught the mistake before he tried to install.
It turns out that you can't use one brand's PCIE cable on another. It can result in blown components. But shouldn't there be some kind of standard to prevent that from happening? Well, not really,.
There is a standard for one end of the cable - the end that plugs into the motherboard, GPU and other things. But the end that plugs directly into the PSU is brand specific.
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