A question.

[H4wXx]

While stowing my extra peripheral cables from my power supply using zip ties I accidentally zipped one too tight and had to cut it using a pair of scissors, the problem is that the back edge of the scissors left an indentation in sleeve of one of the wires on one of the PCI-E cables.

So I'm wondering if there is any chance that this could potentially cause serious hardware damage, because I'm getting a 5870 just after Christmas and I'd like to know if it'd be a better idea to get a new power supply rather than run the risk of frying my first top of the line card.

The power supply is only about a year and a half old and hasn't seen any other abuse, this was pretty much just a tight fit that compressed one of the sleeves at a sharp angle.

Thanks in advance and happy holidays!

 

[Zero82z]

Is it just an indentation, or did you actually penetrate the insulation and expose bare wire? If it's the former, just leave it, it's fine. If you exposed wire, take a piece of electrical tape and wrap it around the cut in the insulation. As long as you didn't actually sever any wires, you have nothing to worry about.

 

[H4wXx]

I figured it wasn't much to worry about since I didn't actually sever the wire or cut through the sleeve, but I just didn't want to run the risk of frying my new 5870, lol.

But thanks for the help! I'm looking forwards to installing my new 5870, whenever it gets here, lol.