Power Supply Failure Poll

larrymoencurly

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Oct 10, 1999
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I'd like to know which supplies are reliable and which aren't.
So if you've had any failures, what was the brand?

 

tristramshandy

Senior member
Jan 11, 2000
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Powmax/Leadman 400 watt. I know some folks have had good luck with the very old models, but I wouldn't touch one again. Dead after four months light use.
 

Doggiedog

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Aug 17, 2000
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I've had 3 Antecs go bad on me. Plus, they never return calls made to their forever busy customer service number.

Right now I have an Enermax and have no problems in the 3 months I've had it. Time will tell.
 

Mem

Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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I had a 9 month old Macron 300w AMD approved PSU go faulty,anyway I replaced it with a Enermax 350w which`s still running sweet :).
 

jamarno

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2 Transworld (Cinch) 250W ATX supplies - insufficient standby current (rated 1.5A, failed at 0.7A or less). Bad design.

1 IBM 65W XT supply - bad transistor

2 Enermax 200W AT supply - bad transistors

1 Enlight 200W AT supply - bad fan