• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

antec power supply fried?

F

flame607

n00b
Joined
Oct 22, 2005
Messages
26
ok so today i walked into my room to find my computer case and keyboard with rapidly flickering lights. as soon as i got closer i could smell that electronics burning smell. i immediately turned off the switch on the back of the power supply and unplugged it from the wall. earlier this morning it was making a quiet whine and i didnt think id heard it before and figured it was nothing but now it looks like i was wrong. i ended up unhooking it from the computer and plugged only the fans into the ps , just in case it decided to fry my mobo. again it made this smell. so now it looks like im out a ps for now.

any thoughts on why? ive had this ps since 2006 and its run perfectly fine. im not stressing it at all.
the current setup is:
athlon 64 4000+ socket 939
evga 7600gt
asus A8N-E socket 939
ocz platinum 2x512
wd caviar 160gb sata 16mb cache
lite on cd burner
lite on dvd rom
and the case lights with 2 led fans
 
flame607 said:
any thoughts on why? ive had this ps since 2006 and its run perfectly fine. im not stressing it at all.
Click to expand...

It's a Smartpower. The Smartpower line of PSUs were well known for their above average failure rate due to a poor cooling design and caps choice. That quiet whine or squeal is usually the first sign of a dying Smarpower. Your PSU should still be within its 3 year warranty so RMA it back to Antec and you'll get a good quality Earthwatts 500W PSU in return.
 
so say i cant find my receipt...do i try to argue or just go for a new power supply
 
This is funny, cuz my SP-500 blew up today also! :mad: During gaming... CPU, RAM and Video Card are all OCed...

Just talked to a customer support, these models are already discontinued... so if you RMA yours you will get an EartPower 500 or NeoPower 500.

I think i will go ahead and do the RMA but as son as the PSU comes i will sell it and get something better for my system.

Ehhh i really liked the design of this PSU, two fans one is controlled by a mobo and 2nd one controlled by a PSU temperature...
 
:( my mobo is fried... that's at least the first thing i can identify is not working... And probably videocard too...... f****** b******!!!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top