Hey Everyone,
This is probably a hair later than it ought to have been, but please find below a basic setup guide for the Dynamo Mini / Dynamo 360 DC-DC combo:
1.) First things first, make sure the Dynamo 360 has its jumper in the correct starting position. In most cases that will be over the two jumper pins closest to the DC-IN header as shown here. While the unit should ship with the jumper in this position by default, some units have shipped with the jumper in a hardware baggie which means you need to install it yourself. See photo below for the correct position:
2.) Once you've ensured the jumper is in the correct starting position, proceed to hook up the other items in accordance with the photo below:
It is important to note the following before powering up your Dynamo Combo for the first time:
- The Dynamo 360's DC out plugs into the 4 pin pigtail on the Dynamo Mini by using the black and yellow 4 pin cable that in enclosed with your Dynamo Mini. PLEASE do not plug this cable into one of the two 4 pin headers directly soldered to the Dynamo Mini's PCB. Accidentally plugging into the wrong port on the Mini can and likely will cause irreversible damage to one or both units.
- SATA can be powered by either the Dynamo Mini, the Dynamo 360 or both. This is entirely your choice.
- The Dynamo 360 has two 8 pin ports on the 12V end (right in the photo above). One is marked as PCIe while the other is marked as CPU power. This is a mistake in PCB marking and while you could hypothetically power the EPS header on your motherboard from here, it is strongly recommended you do so from the 4 pin to 4+4 pin EPS header on the Dynamo Mini. These are both intended to be PCIe 8 pin power headers.
- The Dynamo 360 comes with a 6 pin to 6 pin cable that is meant to plug the DC-IN header on the Dynamo 360 into the HDPlex 160W AC-DC or HDPlex 300W AC-DC. It is not intended to serve as a 6 pin PCIe cable. While it should be electrically compatible with the PCIe slot on your GPU, I would again suggest that you use the correct cable for the job which is the PCIe 8 pin to double PCIe 6+2 pin cable, two of which ship with the Dynamo 360
This is probably a hair later than it ought to have been, but please find below a basic setup guide for the Dynamo Mini / Dynamo 360 DC-DC combo:
1.) First things first, make sure the Dynamo 360 has its jumper in the correct starting position. In most cases that will be over the two jumper pins closest to the DC-IN header as shown here. While the unit should ship with the jumper in this position by default, some units have shipped with the jumper in a hardware baggie which means you need to install it yourself. See photo below for the correct position:
2.) Once you've ensured the jumper is in the correct starting position, proceed to hook up the other items in accordance with the photo below:
It is important to note the following before powering up your Dynamo Combo for the first time:
- The Dynamo 360's DC out plugs into the 4 pin pigtail on the Dynamo Mini by using the black and yellow 4 pin cable that in enclosed with your Dynamo Mini. PLEASE do not plug this cable into one of the two 4 pin headers directly soldered to the Dynamo Mini's PCB. Accidentally plugging into the wrong port on the Mini can and likely will cause irreversible damage to one or both units.
- SATA can be powered by either the Dynamo Mini, the Dynamo 360 or both. This is entirely your choice.
- The Dynamo 360 has two 8 pin ports on the 12V end (right in the photo above). One is marked as PCIe while the other is marked as CPU power. This is a mistake in PCB marking and while you could hypothetically power the EPS header on your motherboard from here, it is strongly recommended you do so from the 4 pin to 4+4 pin EPS header on the Dynamo Mini. These are both intended to be PCIe 8 pin power headers.
- The Dynamo 360 comes with a 6 pin to 6 pin cable that is meant to plug the DC-IN header on the Dynamo 360 into the HDPlex 160W AC-DC or HDPlex 300W AC-DC. It is not intended to serve as a 6 pin PCIe cable. While it should be electrically compatible with the PCIe slot on your GPU, I would again suggest that you use the correct cable for the job which is the PCIe 8 pin to double PCIe 6+2 pin cable, two of which ship with the Dynamo 360
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