Is it safe?

Gerr · September 18, 2021

Selling a spare PC and it has a 750W Seasonic Gold PSU. Was going to sell it with a 3070, but when trying to plug in the single PSU cable with 2 ends into the GPU, the extension end partly came out. No way for me to put it back in, so I cut the extension ends, wrapped them up with electrical tape, and went hunting for a spare GPU cable since the PSU is modular. Apparently I don't have one. I decided on selling that 3070 and now have a 3060 I can put into the system and it only takes a single 8-pin PSU connection. Just making sure it's safe to use the damaged end. I did tape everything up so no wires will touch and the main connector is solid. I think it should be fine, but double checking here.

whispous · September 18, 2021

It's not safe.

kb5zue · September 18, 2021

Cutting the end(s) from a cable from the PSU is definitely not the thing to do. Since you said the PSU was modular, have you considered going to a place like cablemod.com and picking up a replacement? They have all sorts of cables to choose from and if what you're looking for isn't there, just give them a hoot and they can make it.

Good Luck.

https://cablemod.com/products/

Gerr · September 19, 2021

Sorry, it's SEMI-modular. The 3 non-modular cords are the main moth connector, the small mobo connector, and the GPU. Yes I can just wrap up this GPU connector and buy another one.

As far as what I did to wrap it up, I cut the extension cords flush with the top of the adapter, then tightly wrapped where the cords go into the head with electrical tape. I can't cap them as I didn't leave enough wire to do that. I guess to make it extra safe, I could dab a bit of non-conductive glue or epoxy on the exposed tips, then rewrap the adapter.

DCCFan · September 21, 2021

Maybe selling the PSU separately is the best, then people can decide whether they're OK using it. I'm sure a lot will be. I feel like if you sell everything together with the damaged PSU it might bring down the whole system's price. A lot of people are probably looking for just a GPU these days. And others might want a motherboard/CPU/memory combo. It's easier to ship too if you go online.