PSU Uses Odd Modular Port For Peripherial Cables - Help! Can't Find Cables That Match!

farnell121

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One of my coworkers recently retired his Bitcoin mining army and allowed me to scavenge them for parts. All of these miners used modular PSU's and the only cables connected are the hardwired ATX 24-pin and PCIe/GPU cables. I have inspected these power supplies and they seem to be of decent quality and are even 80-GOLD rated. Only info I can find on the PSU itself that isn't Chinese:

GamerZone GX1100 M - [Chinese Characters]1300W - 80 Plus Gold Certified

Here is a picture of the ports on the back of the unit:
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If you can't make it out, its three hex on top, three square on bottom.

After much research I have came to the conclusion that these PSU's are more than likely designed by ATNG, seeing as all the modular PSU's I've found by them use this exact same configuration for the SATA/IDE/Floppy/Peripherial Output while the CPU and GPU outputs are the same as the other manufacturers.

I have no idea why they would go their own route with this and not conform to the standard, but I cannot find any replacement cords and am hurting thinking about throwing away so many 1100W PSU's!
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If anyone has any info on this weird design please let me know. From what I have looked up, any company that sells a PSU by ATNG that is modular uses this configuration. Thanks.
 
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I understand this, I posted this because this doesn't seem to be like most other PSU's. Every other connector is universal in this sense except for the SATA/Peripherial Output. I also can't seem to find any pin-out information other than the GPU and 24-Pin connectors, this would help me at least a little bit. Whats odd is the Square & Hex ports are flip-flopped so that they all line up on both sides.

I would really like some input as to whether these cables are available for purchase anywhere or if they are identified differently than normal SATA/Peripherial connectors. I can fit a normal cable into the port with a little force, I guess if I want to sacrifice a HDD for the sake of testing or borrow a multimeter from someone.

Surely...

farnell121

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I understand this, I posted this because this doesn't seem to be like most other PSU's. Every other connector is universal in this sense except for the SATA/Peripherial Output. I also can't seem to find any pin-out information other than the GPU and 24-Pin connectors, this would help me at least a little bit. Whats odd is the Square & Hex ports are flip-flopped so that they all line up on both sides.

I would really like some input as to whether these cables are available for purchase anywhere or if they are identified differently than normal SATA/Peripherial connectors. I can fit a normal cable into the port with a little force, I guess if I want to sacrifice a HDD for the sake of testing or borrow a multimeter from someone.

Surely someone else has seen this configuration besides me on the forums..

Again, any help with this would be much appreciated as I cannot use these units at all. Thanks.

If you cannot see from the picture, will need to take a close up.

Most all PSU SATA/Peripherial configuration:

Square | - Hex - | - Hex
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- Hex - | Square | Square

SATA/Peripherial Configuration of my PSU:

- Hex - | - Hex - | - Hex
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Square | Square | Square
 
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Those ports look like the ones on my old Rocketfish power supply, that's not a good sign. If you are stateside I can send you these cables (the PSU has finally died) and if they match then you're on your way to finding compatible cables.
 

farnell121

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That would be wonderful, these came from Bitcoin miners so the cables were never with them. I believe if I at least had one set of cables I could see how they are wired up. May have to find someone with a 3D printer to make a copy of the end-connector to make more cables, share them with the other unfortunate souls with units designed like these.

I would still like to find some kind of parts supplier for these but I am about researched out, and will more than likely have to make due with these and possibly deciding on a way to clone the connectors.

(I sent you a PM Tim)