Quote: Originally Posted by silv3rman
A little update. Yesterday I ran the computer and the amp alone, with only the hdd, xenarc power and vga cable connected to the PC. It booted fine. However when I connect everything else (4 USB devices + PCI Card) the 15A Fuse blows again. Is it possibly because the ground is insufficient when the amperage increases with all the devices connected? By insufficient I mean it is still on the long side, but it did originally work.
No, that shouldn't overload the circuit to blow the fuse. The length of the ground won't cause more amperage to flow. In fact, it might cause less, since there is an incomplete path for the electrons to flow.
How are the USB devices connected to the system. Is there a hub? Is it powered? How?
Can you try each device individually. Can you attach each item to the system individually. Does one of them cause the fuse to blow? Perhaps that item has a wiring problem causing a short circuit. Have you changed any of the wiring for these devices. What is the PCI card? What is connected to it?
Do you have an Amp Meter? Have you run.
Something in those devices seems to be causeing the amperage to spike to high. Have you run a power calcualtor to see if the M2 can handle the load on the individual rails. Perhaps something is causing a short, or to pull too much amps from one of the rails, causing the fuse to blow.
Michael