gazzaspins Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 last week I replaced my PSU in my Ncase with a Corsair SF600 600W Platinum last few nights I've been woken up by a loud electrical POP noise coming from my general computer area - last night saw a flash come from my computer so today i took it apart and inspected all the cables I've found that the 8pin which I routed behind my motherboard has been arching on the ram pins when the machines off - I've NEVER seen this happen before and I'm amazed its happening with the PC off/shutdown (i didn't think enough power would run through those lines when off??) the wires have a good 1cm of space to run through and are under 0 pressure so are simply resting near the pins. Thankfully nothing has been damaged but i thought i should mention it in case there's a defect in the insulation on the wiring. I've attached two pictures, the cables had white stuff on it which wiped off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzaspins Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 I left it on a PSU tester for a couple of days and it still made the loud popping noise. Ended up RMA'ing with supplier. Also just read some are being recalled xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted June 4, 2020 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 4, 2020 I left it on a PSU tester for a couple of days and it still made the loud popping noise. Ended up RMA'ing with supplier. Also just read some are being recalled xD Sorry I didn't see your post a month ago. What was the lot code for your PSU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted June 4, 2020 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 4, 2020 I've found that the 8pin which I routed behind my motherboard has been arching on the ram pins when the machines off - I've NEVER seen this happen before and I'm amazed its happening with the PC off/shutdown (i didn't think enough power would run through those lines when off??) There is NO power on the 8-pin when the PC is off. The only thing that is live is +5VSB and that's only one pin on the 24-pin connector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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