Recent content by DeatM47

(image of a hard drive motor driver IC that melted, similar to what happened to me and what likely happened to the floppy drive)

My bad on the pricing I had accidentally looked up the 850W version due to google auto-correcting. And about the Floppy connector, comparing it to a 1998 Gateway PC's PSU Floppy connector (Which is where the floppy came from) And the image again, It is actually correct, And also correct for...

I am not gonna shun Thermaltake too hard for one sample out of many products and millions of units. Still I feel it is an interesting example of what can happen in the industry and how it can sometimes affect a product. Everything else about that supply suggests it is of good quality, It has a...

And I must admit there is likely no way to prove these 2 caps are fake unless you had a brand new sample from the original batch and chemically compared it to a genuine cap of the same series, But to my eye the printing on the plastic wrap is not consistent with new Rubycon caps, Or ones from...

The SATA power cable melted up to the first connector where it was connected to the HDD, This was a mini ITX case where there was not room for much else, As for the caps I still believe them to be fakes, Look up "Fake Rubycon capacitors" (or any other fake name brand cap) and you will see that a...

I also see zero other components that appear broken, nor do I see any heat marks, solder bridges or signs of shorts, tested all diodes and the full bridge rectifier, fuse all good. Very odd that that cable melted but nothing in the supply itself did.

4745454b, I feel like what you said about the OEM is likely, Digging in a little deeper now I agree that whoever made this likely was fooled into buying fake parts, Someone in the supply chain for components, A Chinese broker or distributor or whoever probably found "Rubycon" caps for a cheaper...

All aluminum heatsink on an I7-8700k, IMO a recipe for disaster.

I can say for sure this computer was rarely powered off in it's life, It was run 24/7 only stopping when it had issues or needed updates. Hard life especially if it was the lucky one that got the bad egg supply. The PC came from some European company that does hardware consulting for global...

Alright, So this is gonna be kind of a rant, But I wanted to share a very concerning experience that I had with a Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 750 Watt PSU, This supply I got from my current workplace at my local high school where the system it was in was used for visual ASL teachings and...