Ya93sin
New member
Hi all,
Within the last couple years I've had a Corsair AX850 and AX860i both fail on me, the first's 5V rail failing, the second deciding to crackle and then have a very tame explosion which nevertheless prevented any further boot ups;.
I've had my wiring checked out and it seems ok, though it is about 60 years old (UK) in my part of the house. I do use a surge protector (Belkin when using the AX850, APC when using the AX860i), though neither was able to prevent things going wrong.
I'm therefore wondering whether it would be worth investing in a sine wave protector or similar device, and whether that would 'clean' the power going to the PC.
I've a feeling that PSUs probably have some similar architecture in place, though clearly not enough to prevent PSUs dying. I don't think 2 expensive PSUs failing is just a case of bad luck (or is it?).
All advice is appreciated!
Within the last couple years I've had a Corsair AX850 and AX860i both fail on me, the first's 5V rail failing, the second deciding to crackle and then have a very tame explosion which nevertheless prevented any further boot ups;.
I've had my wiring checked out and it seems ok, though it is about 60 years old (UK) in my part of the house. I do use a surge protector (Belkin when using the AX850, APC when using the AX860i), though neither was able to prevent things going wrong.
I'm therefore wondering whether it would be worth investing in a sine wave protector or similar device, and whether that would 'clean' the power going to the PC.
I've a feeling that PSUs probably have some similar architecture in place, though clearly not enough to prevent PSUs dying. I don't think 2 expensive PSUs failing is just a case of bad luck (or is it?).
All advice is appreciated!
