gravy Posted April 11, 2005 Posted April 11, 2005 as some of you may know, as seen in this thread, i had a really bad day after installing a Criticool PCI pump relay card, it is essentially my fault, but for anyone with an Abit IC7-G motherboard, you can see where the problem occurred, just wanted to update you guys on what the actual cause was, i couldn't see that the switch leg was touching the cap once the card was installed, still my fault, but a closed switch back design would solve this and would have saved me weeks of downtime(monarch is out of these boards at the moment, they are waiting on an order to come in, so i am stuck) below is my email sent to Criticool asking for a design change to prevent future occurrances I did not see any technical srvice contact on your website so please forward to the appropriate person/s if this email has been ill-directed, thank you. I love the product I have made by you, however I managed to fry my motherboard the other day as a result of installing your Criticool Powerplant II PCI relay card. It was on an Abit IC7-G motherboard. I found the root cause after the fact. If the card is installed in PCI slot 3, there are two capacitors. Because the toggle switch on the relay card uses an open back design, the bottom leg of the switch was touching the top of the capacitor on the motherboard. As a result, when the system was powered on it sent 120VAC through my motherboard, burning traces through PCI slots 3, 2, and 1 and crippling the AGP slot as well. I take the responsibility for not seeing the contact point, but I was hoping you would consider one or two things. 1. Add a compatibility disclaimer to the products literature to avoid PCI slot 3 when using the card on the Abit IC7-G. 2. Change to a fully enclosed toggle switch design for future production. The piece of foam glued to the switch legs only helps keep a finger from making casual contact, however it provides no protection from various motherboard components which cannot be seen touching the card once installed. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ill_industries Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 did you get a reply back? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 not yet......i take it they dont care, or it never got forwarded to the proper person.......sucks, it would probably only add 10 cents to the cost of manufacture of the card to use a fully enclosed switch, and this would probably save alot of people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pent uP Rage Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 Man, I'm sooo glad you posted this, I have an IC7G and I was seriously considering this relay. On second thought, I think I'll just plug my pump in directly to the wall for now.... Sorry about your loss man, that sucks BAD... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagash Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 One of the main reasons I like DC pumps so much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ill_industries Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 this is the card? it woulda been cheaper to run an extension cord into the case through a hole drilled into an expansion slot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pent uP Rage Posted May 17, 2005 Posted May 17, 2005 But then the pump wouldn't come on with the PC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted May 17, 2005 Posted May 17, 2005 I just use one ofthese. And have a switch attached for pump on or orPC_run. The whole hting is inside the PSU too. My finest modding moment... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigears Posted May 17, 2005 Posted May 17, 2005 its a good job you've got the money to replace boards like that, if it had been me, i would have had to wait for 4 weeks at least to get another. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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