The " Hiper-Active " Club

Cyber-Mav · 10 Apr 2007 at 03:28

Zefan said:
I talked to the guys in the shop and they've had ONE return of the corsair psu's (it wasn't even faulty), and they've sold more of them than they have anything else in the past couple of months. I'm just trying to make sure people realise that there is actually a known issue with these PSU's and that it could take a lot of their system with it.

ots not just ocuk that sell the corsair psu's mate, there have been posts on different forums of corsair psu's going bang.

all manufacturers suffer from some failures, its what the warranty is there for.

i sometimes wonder if qtec really are as bad as people say, qtec seem to sell a bucket load of psus so there will probably be more posts of failure than others. but then again iv seen reviews where the qtec was tested and it blows up.

vincent1989 · 10 Apr 2007 at 09:14

Cyber-Mav said:
should be fine, the 530w ones are the new range and they don't have problems of fans being mounted backwards.

thanks, thats re assuring

will still be checking this afternoon before i put it in though

is there anything else you guy could recommend doing before i connect it all up?

e.g., plug it into the mains before i connect it to all my precious comp bits, and see if it shorts the mains :eek:

vincent1989 · 10 Apr 2007 at 11:48

also, is just turned up, before i plug it in how can i tell if the fan is on the right way?

Zefan · 10 Apr 2007 at 11:53

If you can't tell which way air should be pushed by the shape of the blades then post a picture here.

vincent1989 · 10 Apr 2007 at 12:20

Zefan said:
If you can't tell which way air should be pushed by the shape of the blades then post a picture here.

lol, no need, if the rear 80mm is on the right way round then so is the underslung 120mm

edit: and if they're both on the wrong way round i have two 120mm fans right below the PSU pushing air out

edit02: all connected, running cool+quiet, no problems with the type-r 530w (yet), and would recommend it to anyone

edit03: nearly 2 hours of bf2142 later and its still as cool and quiet as when i turn it on

glad i didn't listen to the "oh noes NOT HIPER" crowd

vincent1989 · 10 Apr 2007 at 16:21

ignore >.<

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 10 Apr 2007 at 16:52

Zefan · 10 Apr 2007 at 17:00

Yup, you want the 120mm sucking into the PSu and the rear 80mm blowing out.

daz · 10 Apr 2007 at 17:34

Black Hiper 580W Type R modular here... going on for 16 months... fingers crossed.

xb8browney · 10 Apr 2007 at 17:49

Had mine for 14months with no problems, dont see what all the fuss is about

Cyber-Mav · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:09

daz said:
Black Hiper 580W Type R modular here... going on for 16 months... fingers crossed.

your fans pushing air in the right direction?

Cyber-Mav · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:10

bringerofdecay said:
lol, no need, if the rear 80mm is on the right way round then so is the underslung 120mm

edit: and if they're both on the wrong way round i have two 120mm fans right below the PSU pushing air out

edit02: all connected, running cool+quiet, no problems with the type-r 530w (yet), and would recommend it to anyone

edit03: nearly 2 hours of bf2142 later and its still as cool and quiet as when i turn it on glad i didn't listen to the "oh noes NOT HIPER" crowd

you got the extender one? the one where you can plug extra extensions into it? or is it the modular one?

Cyber-Mav · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:11

xb8browney said:
Had mine for 14months with no problems, dont see what all the fuss is about

your sig shows you have the 480w psu, not herd of those ones having many if any failures, its the 580w ones which have the question mark over them.

vincent1989 · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:14

Cyber-Mav said:
you got the extender one? the one where you can plug extra extensions into it? or is it the modular one?

type-r is the modular series, which is what i have, type-m is the non-modular version of the type-r
not to sure if this answers your question, it was a bit vague, as the modular one has extensions as well

jrodga2k5 · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:27

Now 1year and 7 months :eek:

And my fans are even on the right way ;P

MooSey-UK · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:29

count me in for an XL T-shirt

580w, over a year old and never missed a beat.
love it cos it's blue and shiny and that IS the most important consideration for a psu

sven · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:59

I,ve had one for just over a year, did a rebuild last week and noticed that the back fan isn't working, should it work all the time or is this triggerd by temp.

Netvyper · 10 Apr 2007 at 19:56

I've had mine since September 2005 apparently...
Around 19months... by my (probably dodgy) maths.

tbh; I just stuck it in and never gave it another thought. Its always marginally over on the voltages it provides; and my rig seems pretty happy with it; its not like I dont give my rig stick either

I have heard that they run into problems when really heavily loaded though; I reckon i'll swap it out before putting a DX10 card in my machine; and it'll be relegated to 2nd gaming rig.

Cyber-Mav · 10 Apr 2007 at 23:08

sven said:
I,ve had one for just over a year, did a rebuild last week and noticed that the back fan isn't working, should it work all the time or is this triggerd by temp.

that fan should be working all the time and its speed should increase as the psu gets hotter. thats a dud fan so if its still under warranty do a return or change the fan manually.

Gas Panic! · 11 Apr 2007 at 17:41

Mine is still going... touch wood, ofc.