Anyone got a AX860?

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Morning all, start to sleeve the cables on my AX860 and stupidly didn't map the pin positions on the 24 pin cable before I started. I'm 85% sure that I got the first one back in the right place but the niggling part of my brain is worried I didn't...

If anyone ideally has an accurate pinout chart that would be awesome but a long shot I know. I did find one on google but having checked it against the other cables, it wasn't right.

If you have the same psu, would anyone be kind enough to take a photo of the 24 pin end, and the larger of the 2 cables at the psu end, focusing on where the blank pin was?

I only did the cables one at a time so if I'm 100% sure where the empty pin is on the connectors, I can be 100% sure i got the correct pin back in the correct hole :D

Also, if anyone can offer me guidance on what to do about sleeving the 2 cables that go into one pin hole I'd be eternally grateful.
 
Are you adding sleeving to the original cables that came with the PSU or making new custom cables from scratch?
northun_munky said:
Also, if anyone can offer me guidance on what to do about sleeving the 2 cables that go into one pin hole I'd be eternally grateful.
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Below is a good video on adding sleeving to original PSU cables. Skip to around the 5 minute part of this video on how to deal with the double wires:

According to Corsair's PSU cable compatibility chart, there are some PSU cables that are compatible with other models. You may have better luck searching for the pinout diagrams of other compatible PSU models. Be really really careful though, because that Corsair PSU cable compatibility chart is pretty confusing and one PSU's 24-pin motherboard cable might be compatible, but it's 8-pin EPS cable or PCIe cable might not be.

As a check before using the cables (i.e. PSU not connected to any components), use the paperclip method to power on the PSU and then use a multimeter to test the voltage is correct for every pin on each cable.

You may wish to be extra cautious and test the PSU cables on cheap components before finally using them on your main PC.
 
Hi Anonymous, should have said i'm working with the original modular cables rather than extensions. Although I think that would have saved ma a LOT of hassle and worry!

Great guide in that vid, although I see he sleeved both cables up to the point where they joined... Not sure if that would ruin the aesthetic for me? Probably.

Sadly I don't have any spare mobo/cpu lying around anymore. That was my first though to try it out on crappy old stuff but I don't have that luxury... :(

Hoping someone can just check where the empty pin sockets are for me. It was only on the first 1 or two before I started marking both ends.

I am pretty sure they are right.. #famouslastwords!! :)
 
an0nym0us said:
Found this:
https://www.overclock.net/forum/180...sair-ax860-cable-mapping.html#/topics/1457894

I still recommend using a multimeter to check the voltages on each pin of the cables just to be absolutely sure.
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Yeah, that the one I found when I searched. Weirdly though mine doesn't match. I checked a number of the pins at the mobo end against his diagram and they let to a different pin at the psu end than what showed in his diagram....

I think you're right about a multimeter, but I don't have one. Or know how to use one lol! Father in law is a sparky so I'll ask him to help. Thanks for the advice
 
northun_munky said:
Yeah, that the one I found when I searched. Weirdly though mine doesn't match. I checked a number of the pins at the mobo end against his diagram and they let to a different pin at the psu end than what showed in his diagram....
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That's annoying. I'll edit the post above just in case someone else with the same PSU uses this thread as reference.

According to Corsair's PSU cable compatibility chart, the AX Platinum and AX Gold (excluding AX 1200) use the same 24-pin motherboard cable. Maybe this corresponds with your PSU cable?:
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northun_munky said:
I think you're right about a multimeter, but I don't have one. Or know how to use one lol! Father in law is a sparky so I'll ask him to help. Thanks for the advice
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That's handy. He'll definitely have one then. I assume you know how to use the paperclip method to power on the PSU without it being connected to any components?
 
an0nym0us said:
That's annoying. I'll edit the post above just in case someone else with the same PSU uses this thread as reference.

According to Corsair's PSU cable compatibility chart, the AX Platinum and AX Gold (excluding AX 1200) use the same 24-pin motherboard cable. Maybe this corresponds with your PSU cable?:
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Thanks mate. I've checked against that chart just now and some of the pins match, but some don't... It's quite odd. I'm going to check the model number of my PSU when the kids get up as I'm beginning to wonder if the issue is with my PSU, rather than the pinout charts. I only did them one at a time so it was a case of forgetting where the blank pin hole was. Thankfully the blank pins are in the correct place. so I'm quite confident that I've got it wired right. However, father in law is round tonight so I'll ask him to bring over the multimeter. It's beginning to look good though :)
an0nym0us said:
That's handy. He'll definitely have one then. I assume you know how to use the paperclip method to power on the PSU without it being connected to any components?
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Yeah, all good there :) Forgot to say that I've emailed Corsair customer service. Maybe they will be able to help with the correct pin out
 
an0nym0us said:
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Mate, I've had a breakthrough!!

It occurred to me that many of the pins on the ATX Mobo end are the same i.e: multiple 3.3v, 5v, ground etc. So it got me thinking that maybe the cables which aren't the same on the above diagram, DO still lead to the correct TYPE of connector, i.e: 5v to 5v etc, just not the same one on the diagram.

So I checked. All the leads on the 8 pin and 10 psu end correspond to a correct type on the ATX end :) Result!!​
 
an0nym0us said:
Best of luck!
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an0nym0us said:
Could it be you have the AX860i instead?
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I did wonder actually but no. It's certainly an AX860. Thos diagrams are correct, but just don't correspond to the ATX cable that came with my PSU by the looks of it... Maybe I have an old version and the cable wiring changed over the years it was manufactured? I guess as long as they go to a correct type of pin all is well? :)

Thanks so much for your help buddy, really appreciate it
 
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