Just heard my brand new Antec PSU's death rattle...

[chevelle396]

Put in the new motherboard and got everything back in place, turned on the computer and BOOM...fizzzzz... in a flash of blue light and puff of smoke my power supply passed on. A brand new Antec TruePower 480. Shame. Does this happen often with Antecs? If so, I think I'll tell the guy I want an enermax instead.

 

[mastertech01]

Seems a few people have had problems with the TruePower series. I never had a problem with the earlier Antec.

 

[Bozo Galora]

this is about the fourth post on the "Exploding capacitor" issue on true-powers. Apparently they had a bad batch of filter caps. When they short and blow they explode like a firecracker. the antec rep is a forum member and notes they had some probs with first run. they will give you a no hassle replacement, and the next one you get will be fine. its a shame a needed innovation - separate rails for three main voltages to prevent droop under load, is marred by minor problem.

in other words, if your true-power runs for a day, it will run for years

 

[chevelle396]

this was after about 3 days of use...

anyway, I'm a little worried about getting another from the same place... and I really don't wanna pay the 10 bucks it'd cost to ship this heavy bastid out to Antec...

 

[Shooters]

Have you contacted Antec yet? I've heard that their customer service is great, so I'm sure they'll cover the return shipping charges, especially considering its a defective product.

 

[Bozo Galora]

precisely - you won't be out anything - just time

after a few days burn in, these PSU run rock solid on highly overclocked systems.

 

[chevelle396]

nope, they wanted me to pay the shipping.

no thanks, I'd rather return it to the place I got it for a refund.

 

[The Wildcard]

Chevelle, where did you get the Antec?

 

[orcorcorc5]

was the rest of your computer okay after the PSU exploded? or did it all die?

 

[spanky]

ouch man. i'm glad i have an enermax 🙂