michal_wasinski

Here's a short update to this thread. After testing many different configurations, rearranging cables, disabling/enabling various BIOS features, I decided to RMA the ax860i and have sent it back to Netherlands yesterday. After doing some research, it seems that the problem with the ax860i spontaneously shutting down is much more widespread. There are a lot of people reporting their ax860i's exhibiting exactly the same behavior on other forums which means this is not an isolated issue. Corsair might want to look into this as their top of the range PSU seems to be having more problems than one would expect including issues with fan, corsair link, psu shutting down and much, much more. Don't get me wrong, I like corsair products but the company never used to release products like this which to me, simply seem unfinished and rushed, considering the amount of issues people have with them. Also, I find it ridiculous that after spending nearly £200 on a PSU I had to pay additional £60 to post it to Netherlands.

Before buying the ax860i, I've been using a 1000W PSU the manufacturer of which shall not be named here. The other PSU, despite being loud and clunky, was stable and these reboots and sudden shut downs never took place. Looks like I'm gonna have to send the ax860i to Netherlands in order to RMA it.

Hey guys. Ragingsoul, I just dropped you a PM. I'm experiencing exactly the same problems with my ax860i. PC randomly shuts down and the LED light turns red. It can go on for days without this happening but when it does, the PC will shut down 4-7 times within one hour period. The only way to bring the PC back to operational state is by reconnecting all the cables and resetting the switch on the back of the PSU. Edit: I forgot to mention that just like in Ragingsoul's case, the self test button does produce a green light, it simply does nothing. When the issue occurs, the system can be either under heavy load or totally idle, it does not affect the problem in any way. To eliminate the issue of fluctuating voltage, I have connected my PC to the mains through an expensive surge protector, although I'm not 100% sure this will help. Below are my system specs to give you a better idea Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z77 CPU: i3770k @3.6GHz (not overclocked) RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600MHz GPU: GeForce GTX 680 SSD: Samsung 830 256GB SSD HDD: Samsung F3 750GB 7200RPM PSU: Corsair ax860i