So I bought this POS noisy Corsair CX500 a year and a half ago, and on the 2nd day of using it, it started making mildly loud humming noises after leaving the PC on overnight for a memtest. At that time I wasn't sure what was making the noises, since it was a new build (all new components, except the HDDs) but I knew it had to be a mechanical cause. So after briefly holding the CPU and case fans, I found out the culprit was the PSU (and specifically it's fans). I've found out afterwards that if I knock on top of it (bottom mounting case), it stopped, until it started humming next time. This humming noise was always assisted by some annoying (but not so loud) rattling sound, like the fan blades are hitting something that's in the way. So, since it was a new PSU, I obviously sent it back for RMA.
After a few weeks the arseholes from the place I bought the thing said that the PSU was working "as expected, with no issues", so they sent me back the PSU. After refusing the packet and sending it back to them, demanding they would replace the PSU or refund, and also calling the consumer protection on them, they took a "second look" at it, and concluded the same thing again, and they sent it back... again. Luckly after the 2nd attempt, I was exempt from paying the fees (shipping costs and to pay for their shitty fee for checking the product).
So, after receiving the PSU back, I put it back in the build, and lo and behold, it made no more of those annoying sounds (so I'm guessing the shipping caused it to stop making the noises)... until two weeks ago. It started making those annoying rattling sounds again. While it's not so loud that it disrupts my workflow or to prevent me from working at night for disturbing the people I live with, it can drag me up the wall at night, when things are silent.
Unfortunately it does not go away if I tilt the case (while searching for this problem, I've seen a few people suggest this), or if I shake it, or if I knock on the PSU (it has come as far to slam it hard for how much it pisses me off). Sometimes when I knock it, it starts making the humming sound again, which doesn't surprise me.
Since I don't plan on repeating the same experience with the crap vendor, and also being strapped for cash at the moment, I can't afford to buy a new PSU. So my question to you is: is there any way to fix the problem (safely, if I'm required to open the PSU, I don't want to zap myself), without any expenditures (or if it's a must, at least with as little money as possible)?
I plan on replacing this POS (preferably by dropping it from the top of a 20 story building afterwards, or throwing it in a river) ASAP, but that might be months away, so I don't want to be sitting here, hearing constant rattling while I work...
Note to self: never buy PSUs from Corsair, EVER again.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post/ranty bits!
After a few weeks the arseholes from the place I bought the thing said that the PSU was working "as expected, with no issues", so they sent me back the PSU. After refusing the packet and sending it back to them, demanding they would replace the PSU or refund, and also calling the consumer protection on them, they took a "second look" at it, and concluded the same thing again, and they sent it back... again. Luckly after the 2nd attempt, I was exempt from paying the fees (shipping costs and to pay for their shitty fee for checking the product).
So, after receiving the PSU back, I put it back in the build, and lo and behold, it made no more of those annoying sounds (so I'm guessing the shipping caused it to stop making the noises)... until two weeks ago. It started making those annoying rattling sounds again. While it's not so loud that it disrupts my workflow or to prevent me from working at night for disturbing the people I live with, it can drag me up the wall at night, when things are silent.
Unfortunately it does not go away if I tilt the case (while searching for this problem, I've seen a few people suggest this), or if I shake it, or if I knock on the PSU (it has come as far to slam it hard for how much it pisses me off). Sometimes when I knock it, it starts making the humming sound again, which doesn't surprise me.
Since I don't plan on repeating the same experience with the crap vendor, and also being strapped for cash at the moment, I can't afford to buy a new PSU. So my question to you is: is there any way to fix the problem (safely, if I'm required to open the PSU, I don't want to zap myself), without any expenditures (or if it's a must, at least with as little money as possible)?
I plan on replacing this POS (preferably by dropping it from the top of a 20 story building afterwards, or throwing it in a river) ASAP, but that might be months away, so I don't want to be sitting here, hearing constant rattling while I work...
Note to self: never buy PSUs from Corsair, EVER again.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post/ranty bits!