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The 'Hiper-Explosive' Club
- Thread starter Joe42
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580 watt type R
1st. early 06 - Dec 06 Installed as part of rolling upgrade on 8 month old Gigabyte mobo
2nd Jan 07 - Jul 07 Installed in a new build on brand new Asus mobo
3rd Sep 07 - Sep 07 Thats right.. didnt last a month!
Same defect each time... powers up but machine doesnt boot, requires repeated power cycling to achieve full operation. Luckily no components killed, and the original mobo ram and GPU involved is performing faultlessly with a £20 cheapy installed.
Now seeking a replacement, has to look good and be reliable... (or am I asking too much?)
1st. early 06 - Dec 06 Installed as part of rolling upgrade on 8 month old Gigabyte mobo
2nd Jan 07 - Jul 07 Installed in a new build on brand new Asus mobo
3rd Sep 07 - Sep 07 Thats right.. didnt last a month!
Same defect each time... powers up but machine doesnt boot, requires repeated power cycling to achieve full operation. Luckily no components killed, and the original mobo ram and GPU involved is performing faultlessly with a £20 cheapy installed.
Now seeking a replacement, has to look good and be reliable... (or am I asking too much?)
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Corsair/Akasa/Zalman/Seasonic PSU's seem to reputable.
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think you need to update those figures mate
Agreed. I am not the only one to have lost components to the bloody things now. On top of that there were a load of failures last week as well.
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Hyper-active hasn't been updated for even longer.
Well tried to look into the problem today and as well as the failure to power up the ram, Im getting a ideo adapter fail beep. Not sure if this means the heap of garbage has taken out £140 worth of video card or if it just means the power supply that would normally go to the 6 pin on the graphics card is dead.
Calling them on Monday and this time I want to speak to someone who can address this problem as Im getting close to having paid double for this in terms of postage costs. Time to talk to trading standards too I think, this isnt acceptable. The giga machine with the £22.50 psu continues to run smooth as silk and is again serving as fall back.
NEVER BUY HIPER!
Calling them on Monday and this time I want to speak to someone who can address this problem as Im getting close to having paid double for this in terms of postage costs. Time to talk to trading standards too I think, this isnt acceptable. The giga machine with the £22.50 psu continues to run smooth as silk and is again serving as fall back.
NEVER BUY HIPER!
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You can boot up a pci-e card without extra power, it should clear the bios and dos but fail at windows most likely.
Some will allow windows to load in 2D mode only.
Im surprised there isnt a class action against Hiper if it was a worldwide thing
Some will allow windows to load in 2D mode only.
Im surprised there isnt a class action against Hiper if it was a worldwide thing
Joe42 man, update those figures, I had a Type-R 580W Modular blowup on me as well, completely out of the blue. I havent been able to determine if any of the other components died or not I am waiting for the replacement... I will post an update as soon as I know.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17782844
Add me to the list i will advise when i know if anything has been killed
Add me to the list i will advise when i know if anything has been killed
i have also had one fail, lots of noise and barely enough power to light up my fans, this was about 4 months ago after having it for 10 months, still in warenty so rma'd and replacment is so far okay.
I hadn't seen this thread before and didn't realise they failed so much.
I hadn't seen this thread before and didn't realise they failed so much.
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Hi, I wish to propose that I join this exclusive club. My Hiper Type R 580 went bang on Saturday morning. It's now waiting to be sent back to Hiper under RMA for a replacement.
Luckily my other components were alright and my PC booted up fine once I hooked up my new Corsair 520 HX modular. Phew!
Luckily my other components were alright and my PC booted up fine once I hooked up my new Corsair 520 HX modular. Phew!
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Suppose I should add mine, Hiper 580 purchased Sep/Oct 2006, blew up in a puff of smoke upon plugging it in for the first time, thankfully nothing got damaged.
2nd one was fine though, although its been replaced by a HX620 now.
2nd one was fine though, although its been replaced by a HX620 now.
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My aerocool snuffed it yesterday. I believe they are hiper based so Im posting it here.
Was the 450w edition, still powers the motherboard, still turns on and starts its fans but only for 1 second before turning itself back off.
Nothing damaged, no apparent signs of failure just....
No components lost anyhow and a 300w 5 year old no name brand psu has taken its place for the meantime. I downclocked my conroe and 8600gts and it keeps running fine even in games so quite impressed at its low power draw
Was the 450w edition, still powers the motherboard, still turns on and starts its fans but only for 1 second before turning itself back off.
Nothing damaged, no apparent signs of failure just....
No components lost anyhow and a 300w 5 year old no name brand psu has taken its place for the meantime. I downclocked my conroe and 8600gts and it keeps running fine even in games so quite impressed at its low power draw