Tagan BZ700 Piperock Issue

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I have the following PSU - Tagan BZ700 Piperock - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817814015 nad following issue with it:

 

This particular PSU is a bit strange as it comes with four PCI-E sockets (to connect with PCI-E cables) but only with two of such cables (1 x 6Pin, 1 x 6+2Pin). The next model of Tagan BZ800 comes already with four cables.

 

I have Asus Geforce 9800GTX TOP on board which requires two 1x6Pin power cables. When connecting the Geforce with those two cables directly to the PSU (1x6+2PIN is detachable so it can be connected as 1x6PIN as well) - I get every time Nvidia warning while starting OS that the Geforce has not enough power supplied to it.

 

While connecting the 9800gtx with only one of the cables and another through a PCI-E to molex connector it works just fine - and it is no matter which cable I connect - the 1x6PIn on the 1x6+2PIN - it works with both separately but the won't work together. I tried almost every possibility while connecting the cables to the slots on the PSU - with no success.

 

Hence my questions:

 

1. Can the 1x6+2PIN cannot be connected to the 9800gtx as the 1x6PIN? Wont it work together with another cable connected in the same time?
2. Is it something wrong with my PSU? Or am I doing something not right?
3. Can this issue be occuring with freezes I experience while idle and load in games - no error messages, simple freeze - I dont know what is triggering these freezes - CPU, RAM or the PSU?
4. Another minor issue with this PSU - seems to be common - while under load in specific games the PSU gives a lot of squak sounds out of itself.

 

Any suggestions will be welcomed. Thx


Message edited by nights on 03-20-2009 at 09:54:18 AM
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have you tried all the combinations of PCIe connectors on the PSU? sounds like they use the same chassis but have no power going through half of the connectors. That or it's just not enough juice on the 12v rail... could be faulty? don't really know...

Reply to mi1ez

When I connect only one of the PCI-E cable and a PCI-E to molex connector it works in every slot on the PSU - so it seems all of them are operational (at least with one cable connected to it). And yes I tried all the combinations - there are two rows of the PCI-E connectors (4 connectors together) on the PSU marked as row A and B - so I tried: AA, BB, AB, BA - with no result;/

Reply to nights

Sounds like a defective model, one of the rails is not up to par.

Reply to The_Blood_Raven

Especially because of the squealing and freezes, I'd suspect that PSU.

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Reply to jtt283

So far I've found out on some forums the squeling is quite common for the Piperock series - there is even a short movie on the youtube about it.

I'm changed the PSU right now to the Turbo mode - so all four 12V rails should act as one. Maybe it will help by this issue.

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