Well, my Antec TP-II 430 is slowly dieing.

[LS8]

Back in 2006 I assembled a PC out of spare parts sitting around the house. I bought the PSU brand new from CompUSA and the system ran great, pretty much 24/7 for over two years until this week.

Specs:
-Some no-name brand nForce 4 motherboard
-Athlon XP 3200+ @ 2.4GHz
-2GB DDR400
-WD 40GB PATA HD
-WD 140GB PATA HD
-2xSony DVD Burner/Combo
-ATi X1600 Pro 512 (AGP)
-SB Live 5.1
-US Robotics 56k (hardware) modem

The PC has been running in this configuration (overclocked CPU as well) for over two years pretty much 24/7. I shut the system down a few days ago and it wouldn't post after that. All the fans spin up but there is no video. I swapped in a GeForce MX video card thinking the X1600 was dead. The PC booted up no problem but the hard drives would cycle on and off randomly.

I put the X1600 back in and ran a power cable from another PC I had sitting around. The system powered up like normal with the X1600 drawing power from the second PC. I'm pretty much convinced the PSU is slowly taking a dump. The PSU is throwing a ton of hot air as well. Any other ideas or have I nailed this one?

I wonder if Antec will warranty this thing?

 

[mpilchfamily]

2 Years sounds about right for the TP-II. Junk it and get a new PSU. Sure you can atempt an RMA but i wouldn't count on it.

 

[SparkyJJO]

I believe they have 3 year warranties. Go ahead and RMA it, you'll probably get an earthwatts or something in return.

My guess is the caps are shot in it (older truepowers were known for bad caps). A recap would fix it but why bother when you can RMA.