My Antec TPN-650 "exploded"!
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From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps) on 3 Feb 2010 23:09 > Smoke came out of the power supply. When I removed it from the case, > some light yellow liquid came out. Fortunately, the motherboard was not > harmed. I took the power supply to Antec's Hong Kong distributor Altech. Altech replaced it. But when I opened the box, the power supply does NOT have that black "Warranty voidded if opened" sticker, which was present in the unit that exploded. Does this mean anything bad? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.32.7 ^ ^ 12:08:01 up 4 days 20:14 0 users load average: 4.75 4.49 4.12 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
From: larry moe 'n curly on 4 Feb 2010 00:31 Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps) wrote: > > The Antec TruePower New 650W was bought on 08 Oct, 2009! > > Smoke came out of the power supply. When I removed it from the case, > some light yellow liquid came out. Fortunately, the motherboard was not > harmed. > > So... what could that light yellow fluid be? It might be sulfuric acid because that's often used in electrolytic capacitors. However a study done a few years ago: www.dfrsolutions.com/pdfs/2004_Electrolyte_Hillman-Helmold.pdf said some Taiwanese caps had pH levels > 7 while the Japanese caps they tested measured ~4: I wouldn't touch any of the fluid. Maybe you can talk Antec into paying for return shipping if you complain about the spilt fluid and the costs of decontaminating your home to make it safe again for your children, your dear, dear children. ;) What brand is the bad cap -- Ltec, Fuhjyyu, OST, or CapXon? Considering that fluid came out, I suspect it's one of the big high voltage caps. I now feel better about replacing all the caps in my Antecs with Nichicons and Sanyos.
From: larry moe 'n curly on 4 Feb 2010 00:45 Michael Cecil wrote: > What manufacturer is Antec getting their PSUs made by these days? JonnyGuru.com or HardwareSecrets.com should have that info, but I think they're mostly from Delta (BasiQ, Earthwatts) and, after an absence, Channel Well Technology.
From: Larc on 4 Feb 2010 00:46 On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:09:38 +0800, "Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote: | > Smoke came out of the power supply. When I removed it from the case, | > some light yellow liquid came out. Fortunately, the motherboard was not | > harmed. | | I took the power supply to Antec's Hong Kong distributor Altech. Altech | replaced it. But when I opened the box, the power supply does NOT have | that black "Warranty voidded if opened" sticker, which was present in | the unit that exploded. | | Does this mean anything bad? Could mean it's a refurbished unit, which doesn't tend to bother me. Larc
From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps) on 4 Feb 2010 01:19
> What brand is the bad cap -- Ltec, Fuhjyyu, OST, or CapXon? > Considering that fluid came out, I suspect it's one of the big high > voltage caps. It go a warranty sticker in it so I could not open it. The unit had now been replaced by a new one by Antec's Hong Kong distributor. Interestingly, the new one does NOT have a sticker! > I now feel better about replacing all the caps in my Antecs with > Nichicons and Sanyos. Then why did one buy Antec in the first place? :) -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.32.7 ^ ^ 14:17:01 up 4 days 22:23 0 users load average: 4.07 2.92 1.90 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa |