are PSU cable extensions dangerous?

[Elder_Noob]

Hi All,

 

   As the title says, are they dangerous that it can fry MOBO?

 

   My experience last night is that I installed extension cables purely for aesthetics. I installed the one for MOBO and one for the GPU. When I power it on, all fans and Lights turned on for few milliseconds the stopped. then its dead. I was so scared that my almost $300 Z370m board might have been fried, i peed my pants a little. Then i took out the freaking extensions, used my PSU cable and all is working normally. I'm scared to try installing again so I ask this community first, as other people say in other forums, can they really fry MOBO and GPU maybe? Thanks in advanced, cheers!

[Rainbow Dash]

7 minutes ago, Elder_Noob said:

Hi All,

 

   As the title says, are they dangerous that it can fry MOBO?

 

   My experience last night is that I installed extension cables purely for aesthetics. I installed the one for MOBO and one for the GPU. When I power it on, all fans and Lights turned on for few milliseconds the stopped. then its dead. I was so scared that my almost $300 Z370m board might have been fried, i peed my pants a little. Then i took out the freaking extensions, used my PSU cable and all is working normally. I'm scared to try installing again so I ask this community first, as other people say in other forums, can they really fry MOBO and GPU maybe? Thanks in advanced, cheers!

Not all are dangerous, just gotta make that they are made for your psu model, and are a trusty brand. But they can melt and catch fire if they are bad or if they aren't supported for your psu. For example, CableMod makes cables for most of the common psu brands out, Corsair makes their own cables too for their own psus. Just make sure it's right for your model before you buy.

[Redicat]

Depends if you mean this (AC)  don't worry most brand you buy are safe 

 

If you mean DC stuff : 

7 minutes ago, Rainbow Dash said:

Not all are dangerous, just gotta make that they are made for your psu model, and are a trusty brand. But they can melt and catch fire if they are bad.

 

 

As long you don't buy shit directly from China AKA Ebay/Ali u safe 

[Elder_Noob]

19 minutes ago, Rainbow Dash said:

Not all are dangerous, just gotta make that they are made for your psu model, and are a trusty brand. But they can melt and catch fire if they are bad or if they aren't supported for your psu. For example, CableMod makes cables for most of the common psu brands out, Corsair makes their own cables too for their own psus. Just make sure it's right for your model before you buy.

how do I know this? because im pretty sure all the pins and holes are exactly the same and compatible..

[Elder_Noob]

14 minutes ago, Redicat said:

Depends if you mean this (AC)  don't worry most brand you buy are safe 

 

If you mean DC stuff : 

 

my PSU is cooler master v750 (gold).. the one i installed is the extension cables for MOBO and 8-pin for GPU..

[Redicat]

9 minutes ago, Elder_Noob said:

my PSU is cooler master v750 (gold).. the one i installed is the extension cables for MOBO and 8-pin for GPU..

As since you are working with DC voltage you need High Quality Cables so it needs to be the correct Cauge/Conductive Material to work else it'll catch fire 

 

[AskTJ]

Could you provide a photo of what cables you want to use?

[wONKEyeYEs]

19 minutes ago, Elder_Noob said:

can they really fry MOBO and GPU maybe?

I have a few PCs with cable extensions.

BitFenix, CableMod, and Phanteks.

The only problem I had was on the 24 pin one of the pins came out.

So check to make sure all your pins are down.

Only way it could really screw up is if a pin came loose and grounded out or

if it was cross wired.

You could try installing the extensions one at a time.

 

[Elder_Noob]

19 minutes ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

I have a few PCs with cable extensions.

BitFenix, CableMod, and Phanteks.

The only problem I had was on the 24 pin one of the pins came out.

So check to make sure all your pins are down.

Only way it could really screw up is if a pin came loose and grounded out or

if it was cross wired.

You could try installing the extensions one at a time.

 

So if these scenario happen to the extension cables, will they fry my mobo?

[Elder_Noob]

25 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

Could you provide a photo of what cables you want to use?

later when i get home..

[Enderman]

If they are good quality ones then there should be no issue.

Maybe you didn't get good ones, or maybe you didn't plug them in properly.

You need to tell us what model they were and where you got them from.

[wONKEyeYEs]

2 minutes ago, Elder_Noob said:

So if these scenario happen to the extension cables, will they fry my mobo?

Possibly, but if you buy from a reputable manufacturer and you 

check that all the pins are down then there shouldn't be any problem.

[Elder_Noob]

34 minutes ago, Redicat said:

As since you are working with DC voltage you need High Quality Cables so it needs to be the correct Cauge/Conductive Material to work else it'll catch fire 

 

It didnt catch fire so far, it didnt even turn on