Another PSU Explodes :(

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This time its a Tagan though :eek: don't know exactly what is fried but tried new PSU and computer will not boot up, drives don't spin up etc.

Looks like new pute time for me, all I have atm is a crappy P133 laptop running Win 95 :(

I have now had 3 PSU's (2 x Antec Truepower's & 1 Tagan) blow up on me but I have been lucky until now as the other 2 caused no damage.

Looking to spend between £800-£1000 on a new PC but don't really think I can be bothered to build another one myself, always said I would never buy a ready built PC but they do seem very good value & good spec and I have not been able to match or beat the prices looking at component prices.
 
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Big.Wayne said:
RMA?
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Cheers will do that, 3 yrs warranty only had it between 18-24 months have no receipt though but OCUK have not been selling that long.

Pity the parts that the PSU has destroyed are not covered :mad:

DO i need to contact Tagan or OCUK for RMA? web pages are not loading fully on this old laptop.
EDIT: Support page loaded OK and I see there is a email link for Tagan. :)
 
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Slogan said:
OMG They're the new hipers.

Nobody buy a Tagan unless you want your rig to explode into 1 thousand pieces!
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Going by your join date you were never around for the ticking Tagan time-bombs? :p At that time Tagans weren't recommended to anyone and Hipers were the thing to have. Oh how things change over time :D
 
So Tagan's are know to be dodgy then, I thought they were a good brand

Do they usually end up taking out the rest of the hardware?

and what is a good reliable brand for a replacement?

Cheers

Nige.
 
tagans are topower's, very good quality units, not the absolute best mind you.

Got a u15 580w, u22 480w and a 330w, all are working perfectly as they did from day one, 330w can power a dual core x1900 rig too :D

Tagans used to be known as the 'tagan ticking time bomb', you could hear it tick whilst in sleep mode, this pretty much guaranteed it would blow on you at a later point, however it was a small batch that was suffering poor QC and tagan immediately resolved the problem.
 
Euro_Hunter said:
only had it between 18-24 months
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Hey thats not a bad innings for PSU, I've seen a few go pop after 2-3 months! PSU's are very expendable and are the thing I replace the most in computers (well Optical drives fail more than anything, closely followed by PSUs).

Euro_Hunter said:
I'm just unlucky :(
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Awww don't be like that, s*** happens, its a PSU, it gave you nearly two years good service and now its gone to PC Heaven. Hopefully it hasn't damaged anything else in your rig and you will most likely get it replaced under RMA.

Pain that you can't use the PC, but its always handy to have a backup PSU for situations like this (yes we all have to learn the hard way.).

I've had three PSU's to replace in the past few months, in fact here is my latest shippment from ANTEC, the last batch they sent me had one DOA replacement, that was a pain I can tell you!

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Does anyone else not think that like surge protection units, PSU manufacturers should provide some guarantee against their PSU exploding in terms of compensation against components destroyed when a PSU does explode?
 
Richdog said:
Does anyone else not think that like surge protection units, PSU manufacturers should provide some guarantee against their PSU exploding in terms of compensation against components destroyed when a PSU does explode?
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No, because that would be an added expense that doesn't need to happen.

(company point of view)
 
Does anyone else not think that like surge protection units, PSU manufacturers should provide some guarantee against their PSU exploding in terms of compensation against components destroyed when a PSU does explode?
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Yes.
A connected equipment warranty or what ever they're called. They pay up to x amount if their psu kills some of your components.

lay-z-boy said:
No, because that would be an added expense that doesn't need to happen.

(company point of view)
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There would be practically no added expense because the only manufacturers that would do it would be the ones who build protection circuitry into their psus so they don't kill components.

All that would do is give you something in the spec to tell you which psus are decent and which aren't. Which would be great.


However, it wouldn't be a great help to us as enthusiasts because we already know which manufacturers are good and which aren't. Although it would help for new brands, and would be much easier than tracking down who actually makes the psu...
 
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