Well, I can't say for certain, but I think you may have identified your real culprit--the extension. If it was the sourcing wire that was also burnt, that would make sense to blame the controller. But to have something downstream of your controller burnt, that says something else entirely. I think that you unintentionally exceeded the capacity of your extension wire.
 
You see, I suspect the failure sequence went something like this:
1. Exceeded capacity of the extension, slightly (~0.5 Amps).
2. The cable extension overheated and melted, producing a short.
3. The short overtaxed the FET on your controller and ruined the controller.
 
Since the Phobya extension is ruined, the gauge is very important in verifying this. Can you open the sleeving slightly and read the very fine print on the cable length? What was the precise load on this extension? How many fans and what type?

tpb7463

Well, I can't say for certain, but I think you may have identified your real culprit--the extension. If it was the sourcing wire that was also burnt, that would make sense to blame the controller. But to have something downstream of your controller burnt, that says something else entirely. I think that you unintentionally exceeded the capacity of your extension wire.

You see, I suspect the failure sequence went something like this:
1. Exceeded capacity of the extension, slightly (~0.5 Amps).
2. The cable extension overheated and melted, producing a short.
3. The short overtaxed the FET on your controller and ruined the controller.

Since the Phobya extension is ruined, the gauge is very important in verifying this. Can you open the sleeving slightly and read the very fine print on the cable length? What was the precise load on this extension? How many fans and what type?

25AWG  good for 2.7 amps. Still well within tolerences

Much thanks to Luciel and Spawne for expediting this controller to me and to Grahame at Kustom PC for have one for them to send.
Thanks fellas,you have done me proud!



PCB has changed over previous FC5's i have had.

And braided extensions too?
Another new and welcome detail.




WE ARE GO!!!

It looks like the colored lights kinda wash out your build (make it all the same color). I would personally stick to some white Led's. On another note, I just received my FC5 controller today. Hopefully it is more quality than your FC6's were.

The best of Multiplay i47







Sharing stand space with Coolmiester was great,class builds and mine didnt look too much out of place...
Got good feed back on my build,which was really good and encouraging!

MOD RIGS entry is up if you like this weapon!

Great build, I'm amazed!.. I have a similar one, but a different case. But i am going to buy the LD v8.
I have a couple of questions, did you get the Dual PSU extender with the case or did you buy it separately (can't find any info about this on his site)? And how long does the 24-pin have to be ? And did the other cables reach ok? I also have the AX1200. And 2x xspc 480. I'll buy a third one.
 
And I can't understand how your loop works, even though I see the photos I can't get my head around it. Could you PM me the loop specifics ?
 
EDIT: What's the name of the black fittings you have on the radiators? 
Thanks in advance
Best Regards
Fasadglas

Wow, what an absolute amazing job. I love trying new things with my computers & am always trying to make them cleaner & more exciting. You really take that to a whole new level. Sadly i lack the patience to attempt something of that magnitude of awesomeness. Absolutely amazing.

This is all done in my normal OS,no cutdowns...

Stock GPU's,OC'd X5650s


Still got a lot more in the tank too.....



6th place for now....

Seems i bumped Jacob down too,sorry man


12th place....

I cant get 3DM 11 to use more than 50% across the 3 cards,baffling.....
 
Much better than that Opteron nonsense that Gold Leader loves so much.

zophar

Looks great. According to CPU-z your running at 3.8Ghz. Is that as high as you can get? Or just as high as you've tried to get?

Its work in progress,i like to run a OC for a while before reaching for the next level. These chips have been run at 4.3 but stabilty was a question and i only gained 1 point on Cinebench so it wasnt a big deal to lose that. SR-2's are tricky to OC reliably.

One sick build.  You got some talent bud.  

 
Nice looking rig.        

Damn that thing looks amazing with a lot of firepower. Well done

Gutted I didnt see your rig at i47 saw the other two dual socket machines. My SR-2 was there also! they need to get a forklift to help us carry them in! haha! 

So the Aquaero plan starts to come together....





Thanks Specialtech for this bit of kit!

Slowly getting all the bits i need to start modding this case properly.