• Removed capacitator on PCI cable- computer not booting.
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I removed the capacitators on the PCI-e cables of my Silverstone ST 1000 ( for sleeving ), plugged the cable in earlier and nothing happened when I pressed the on buton. So, Facepunch, do you think my PSU is dead? It's still under warranty, so I can RMA it if that's the case.
What? There's capacitors on your cables? Did you put them back?
Is the motherboard LED lit up?
Those capacitors were there for a reason, you're dumb to have removed them. I don't think the warranty covers intentional damage caused by user.
"I cut parts of my computer off and now it doesn't work" You've voided your warranty.
I didn't void my warranty, no. It's a 100% modular PSU. I figured out that the temp fuse kicked in, so I had to remove the powercable from the psu.
Describe these "capacitors".
They're on the Silverstone Strider Plus 1 KW.
Post a picture of what you mean.
I have a feeling he means those ferrite rings they stick on cables...
[QUOTE=ItWasNiceToKnow;29651462]I didn't void my warranty, no. It's a 100% modular PSU. [/QUOTE] Unless it's got some great special warranty you voided it by sleeving the cables and removing the capacitors he means these [img]http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules/NDReviews/images/SilverstoneST1000P/DSCF2187.JPG[/img] well done you've fucked your PSU up
[QUOTE=Killerelf12;29656057]I have a feeling he means those ferrite rings they stick on cables...[/QUOTE] According to the manufacturer, that model does have 2200uF capacitors on the 6 pin PCIe power wires. I've never seen a manufacturer put capacitors on power cables before, but it does make sense to do it in a situation like that to compensate for power starvation on extreme dynamic loads like a video card requires. In video games, the GPU could be doing nothing one second and be under max load the next second, so the power requirements spike erratically, and a capacitor would help smooth out the fluctuation in the power rails.
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