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A.M. last won the day on December 12 2017

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  1. I double checked the post date to make sure it's not a resurrected necro thread. Weird choice of hardware unless it's an old system. Please upgrade. And move the riser cable to the first slot to take advantage of all 16 PCI-e lanes. You don't have any expansion cards, so blocking all other slots shouldn't be a concern.
  2. Best LGA2066? Personal recommendations in no particular order: Asus ROG Rampage VI Extreme Encore - if you want a versatile solution. VRM is good, but if you want to watercool, Bitspower might likely have a VRM or a monoblock ready, as they did for Omega. At least the board has a WB_Sensor connector, which is designed to work with Bitspower waterblocks. Gigabyte Aorus X299X Waterforce - if you want an out of box watercooling ready board. The board is XL-ATX, but since you got 1000D, it will fit. EVGA X299 Dark - if you don't need the extra 4 PCI-e lanes Cascade Lake X CPUs have and don't need 8 DIMM design. No commercially available monoblocks or VRM waterblocks exist, but VRM is good.
  3. Up, because my initial question got lost in the thread and still remains unanswered. I'd like to hear from official Corsair rep. Thanks.
  4. A multimeter is needed to check the votages. You might get away without one, but you won't know if the voltages are safe or out of specs. To see if the PSU just turns on, you will need to short PS_ON to GND. If it turns on, it is probably fine, you might test it with your hardware. It's your hardware, but I wouldn't risk it, a multimeter is $15-$25, it's worth investing into, considering a bad PSU will cost you much more in complete hardware replacement.
  5. That's normal. 8 pin PCI-e cables have 3 x 12V wires and 5 x GND wires. 8 pin EPS and Corsair's sockets use 4 x 12V connectors and 4 x GND connectors, therefore one of the GND is split into 2, leaving one of the 12V pins unused.
  6. Doesn't Corsair accept returns?
  7. Use a paperclip or a piece of wire to short the PS_ON to GND and a multimeter to check the voltages. Download an ATX pinout diagram to find out which pin corresponds to what.
  8. Test the PSU without any hardware connected to it. Check standby voltage first, then short PS_ON to GND and check all other voltages, including PG signal, which should output 5V. If all voltages are within specs, test it with your system.
  9. Yes, it's supported, but I won't be trying iCUE, because issues appear before any software factors in - fan test button only works once.
  10. Disclaimer: The only difference between Type 3 and Type 4 cables is the pinout of the 24-pin ATX cable; all other cables (SATA, PCIe, etc) are the same. https://www.corsair.com/ca/en/psu-cable-compatibility
  11. I just got a new AX1600i and this isn't my first Corsair PSU with zero RPM fan feature, I had HX1000i and HX1200i in the past and I've gotten familiar with PSUs' "fan test" button and how Link software works, and configured PSU's fan in the past so I know how a properly working PSU behaves in term of fan test feature and its operation and configuration. Anyways, back to my new AX1600i... When I press the button and hold it, the fan spins at 100%. Once I let it go and press again, the fan won't start unless I unplug the PSU and wait a couple of minutes. On my older HXi PSUs the fan test button worked any time I pressed it and the fans were spinning at 40% or around so (inaudible, but spinning). Next, the fan configuration in Link is acting weird, whenever I change fan operation option, it randomly doesn't apply, I tried full speed, fixed speed, fan curve, the fan either stays at full speed unless I change to default or it doesn't change mode at all. With my older HXi PSUs, the fan changed mode immediately after hitting apply or OK. Is my AX1600i faulty or did the fan behavior logic change in the new model? Thanks.
  12. Is it possible to get the HX1000i serial number from within Link or iCue?
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