A gamer buys a new case and power supply. On reddit he complains that his old cable no longer fits the computer. The community is appalled and stunned because things could have gone badly.
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A gamer has decided to buy a new case and power supply. But when rebuilding the system, he stumbled across a problem, which he then shared with the community. And she is very happy that the manufacturer has prevented worse things from happening here.
That’s why you shouldn’t overlook the case when building a PC
Gamer cannot connect new power supply with old cable
What is the problem? A gamer bought a new power supply and case. After assembling it, he must have wanted to use the old power cord from his previous power supply. This is how he writes somewhat angrily on reddit:
BeQuiet power supply [PSU] and housing are not compatible? Dark Base Pro 900 internal PSU cable does not fit a Dark Power PSU? WTF? What am I missing?
Because the power supply and housing no longer seem to fit together when they are assembled. And that annoys the user quite loudly. But many are relieved, because if he had actually plugged the cables into each other, much worse would have happened.
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How is the community reacting? People tell him clearly and unequivocally: If he had really plugged in the cable and turned on the computer, then he could have said goodbye to his computer and probably to his apartment. So someone writes:
This is a feature, not a bug. It prevents you from plugging a low amperage wire into a high amperage power supply and burning down your house.
And another adds:
It’s a special cable designed to handle the higher power draw so you don’t burn your devices or burn your house.
In the worst case, he would have had an apartment fire because he had put the wrong parts together.
However, the manufacturer has already installed a fuse here and designed the cables in such a way that they do not fit together in the first place, so that such errors do not occur in the first place. Some don’t even want to know how many people at home unknowingly connect cables with each other and then wonder about the high level of property damage.
Can the user’s problem be solved? In fact, the gamer has come up with a very special combination of power supply and housing. Because the Dark Power Pro, the power supply that the gamer chose, has a special power connection. However, the case requires a different connector, so the two don’t fit together (via reddit.com):
Dark Power Pro is such a high wattage that it needs a different connector – normally that wouldn’t be a problem as most cases don’t use an internal power cable to house the power supply somewhere else, but they did something special with both parts, huh causing the incompatibility. Dark Base pro works with most PSUs and Dark Power PSU works with most tower cases, but they are not compatible with each other.
If you buy a new power supply unit or a special housing, then stick to the operating instructions and always use the supplied cable. So you can be absolutely sure that the cables are also certified for the corresponding model. Because in the worst case, you not only break replaceable hardware, but also destroy people who are irreplaceable.
What a wrong cable can do: A YouTuber had tried out what a wrong or broken cable can do. He warns against cheap cables and explains why a wrong or cheap cable can be really dangerous for you and your hardware:
YouTuber shows how you can ruin your gaming PC with a single cable