Blown Corsair Psu

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My Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) has just blownup on me desktop Pc (on mums laptop atm).

i had just installed 2gb of geil ram (takin total ram two 4gb) ram was put in right and then i plugged psu power cable in and then switched it on and boom sparks came out of it at the bak :(

What can i do>? i only got the Psu bak in February and i dnt know y it would blow frm just two xtra ram sticks :confused: got 8800 gts coming today/tomoz aswell :mad:

Would this also cause damage to other components like motherboard etc?
 
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I hope this is a one off with the corsair PSU's...

I would hate to think these are all going bang now and everyone is going to start telling people ot avoid them..
 
just send form through corsairs RMA on ther website, so shall see what they say, if RMA accepted would have to send it to Usa? since thts ther base :confused:
 
Sean_UK said:
2nd for me, thread i started asking about 520w version someone mentiond they had one blow. :(
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Wow just as I buy the 520W I start to see a couple of people having there Corsair's blow, will this PSU soon have the reputation of my Hiper Type-R?
 
Newflash! PSUs sometimes blow up! :eek:

All these people amazed that a PSU has blown up, just because it's a Corsair. No piece of hardware is infallible. Even the "best" stuff will fail at some point. :)

To the OP: I'd contact OcUK first. :)
 
Given the complexity of design. manufacture and testing it would be astonishing if any brand were to have a 100% record once a large enough number had been sold.

A PSU can fail for a great many reasons and in a number of different ways.

Those of us who have recently bought Corsair PSUs can at least take comfort in the fact that the design appears to be sound and that they perform to the specified level.

pogomonkeh said:
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Would this also cause damage to other components like motherboard etc?
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This is of course the main area for concern, it is bad enough having the PSU die but it would be so much worse if it took other components out with it.

This will depend on exactly how the failure took place but I would hope that the the various safety features will have done their job and protected the rest of the rig.

I will be interested to find out if this was the case for the OP, which we won't know until the PSU is replaced.

Good luck!
 
Nicos Rex said:
I will be interested to find out if this was the case for the OP, which we won't know until the PSU is replaced.
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Agreed, I'll be very interested in the same.

@pogomonkeh: Perhaps you could let us know what happens? And best of luck mate, hope it's sorted soon.
 
Only the 2nd one ive heard about to, can't even remember when the 1st one went, must have been a while ago, have to say thats damn good for the amount that they must be shifting, 2 out of thousands, they selling in truck loads the Corsairs. :)
 
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