Time for a new PSU? AX850

Lycosa · 22 Apr 2015 at 14:46

Recently my PC had been switching off randomly and yesterday it could not be switched on. The old paperclip&fan power test indicates the PSU has failed; the PSU makes a tiny coil whine but does not power the fans/controller.

I bought the PSU (AX850) from ocuk mid 2011 and the box states a 7year guarantee, so can RMA via ocuk or must I go directly to Corsair?

I've done all tests I can think of including using a spare PSU (not powerful enough for my PC

) to test the fans/controller and tried using different modular cables/sockets and powercable. If anyone can think of anything else i should do before RMA please advise. This is my first build and PSU faliure.

Lycosa · 22 Apr 2015 at 17:13

RMA it is. I plugged the spare PSU into the PC and it works perfectly so that pretty much confirms the AX850 is faulty. I would be tempted to run it full time on the spare, just without the GPU, but I don't want to risk it.
Cheers guys.

Lycosa · 22 Apr 2015 at 19:18

Yeah hopefully it won't take too long to get up and running again

Lycosa · 30 Apr 2015 at 10:27

The AX850 arrived at the RMA place Tuesday morning and I received a shiny new AX860 wednesday afternoon. Whole process took less than a week

. Well done Corsair.