whowalks Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Hi I recently built a new rig with a evga 750i board powered by a hx620 psu, during the last stages of the build the psu made a popping sound and a flash came out of the psu!! shorting out the house!! I thought oh **** and unplugged everything. But when I turned it all back on everything was good :o:, I couldn't smell anything burnt in the psu and the case has performed well. Ive had this case up and running with some small OC for the last 4 days, but when I checked everest unlimited it show the 12 volt rail running at 9 volts.:eek: is this just misreporting from the motherboard or did something fry during the build?? in other words do I need to replace this PSU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBob Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Software readings are mostly inaccurate, a digital multi meter will give you the most accurate figures. However, since you've had an incident of the PSU sparking, I wouldn't trust your unit to keep the computer running. You say "during the last stages of the build", this was during the installation of software after powering up, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted August 19, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted August 19, 2008 If a flash came from the PSU then let's get it replaced, please use the On Line RMA Request Form and we will be happy to replace it. Be sure to check the box that says “I've already spoken to Technical Support and/or RAM Guy.” The 9v reading that you are getting is not accurate, the system would not power on if this were the actual reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowalks Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Im going to take it back to place of purchase first. Ill let them deal with rma side of things:D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted August 20, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted August 20, 2008 OK NP Please let us know how you make out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowalks Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 the retailer took it back and replaced it with a new one :D: Thanks for the help Oh and the new one still reads 9v on the 12 volt rail :roll: LOL I tried a newer version of everest but still the same problem, by the by its on a Evga 750 FTW board (for anyone doing a search) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted August 22, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted August 22, 2008 the retailer took it back and replaced it with a new one :D: Thanks for the help Oh and the new one still reads 9v on the 12 volt rail :roll: LOL I tried a newer version of everest but still the same problem, by the by its on a Evga 750 FTW board (for anyone doing a search) What reading do you get in the BIOS for the 12v? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowalks Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 good point LOL I never checked bios where it reads 11.95 Haha;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted August 25, 2008 Corsair Employee Share Posted August 25, 2008 good point LOL I never checked bios where it reads 11.95 Haha;): Software readings can be off be quite a bit, looks like everything is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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