Another Antec blowed up real good.....wtf?

[Vito]

What the hell is with Antec power supplies?
I had my 2nd ps just blow up.
Sparks flying out the back....tripping breakers!!
Less than a year old Antec True Power 550W 2.0.
Rig is kept dust free for the most part.

I leave the rig on for most of day if I have to run out to meeting or whatever. This should not happen for phucks sake.
Now I have to RMA it.....then run to CompUSA to buy a temporary PS....hook it up and pray like hell it didn't fry my other components in my sig.

So what causes the things to become ol sparky?

[Pyrotechnic]

Bad design or flaky 3rd party components ? Enermax had a bad run of PSU's that had a very low 5V line. Got a replacement later on and they apparently fixed the issue. Not sure what the deal with Antec is these days though.

[sephiroth_749]

most antecs now days do that because the fans can keep the internal compents cool

[Super Nade]

Usually on certain models built by CWT, the secondary caps are crappy Fujjhuyu which love to blow up/explode/leak when warm. In your case, it may be that or maybe a massive failure of the Input surge protection mechanism.

[blitzkrieg1110]

Usually on certain models built by CWT, the secondary caps are crappy Fujjhuyu which love to blow up/explode/leak when warm. In your case, it may be that or maybe a massive failure of the Input surge protection mechanism.
Wow, I sure hope this doesn't happen on my NEO HE 550.....

[Super Nade]

Different OEM, you are fine. :)

[blitzkrieg1110]

Different OEM, you are fine. :)
Phew.....:)

[Vito]

Well...I popped in another PS and ....whew!
All parts are A-OK.

[Super Nade]

Which one did you get?

[Dan0512]

Which one did you get?

Powmax Demon xD

dan

[Vito]

Which one did you get?

I had a spare Antec 400W 2.0 sitting around.
So its definitely temporary.

Which PS do you guys suggest.
Want to spend around $100-160

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Powmax Demon xD

Ouch - I hope not :(

I'm going to be lazy and recommend my Silverstone ST56ZF :)