a warning to all the owners of enermax psu's, noisetakers in particular. was having a heat problem. got someone to check over my case to see if he could spot anything wrong that i'd missed, and he noticed that the 80mm fan in the back of my psu was in the wrong way round (blowing in instead of out).

hmmm... interestesting was of cooling. send 'em an e-mail asking for free stuff

can't be bothered.

do u think its like that on all?

Mine's fine I'm very happy with the PSU as it goes. Perhaps get it replaced?

mines fine

All I have is a case and a power supply. Is there a way to check it before I get a mobo in it? I just got a coolgiant 480.

i read somewhere u can stick a paper clip in the red and black wire holes...not sure though

I will probably wait for a mobo.

first ive herd anything about it

i own 2 noisetakers and 4 various other enermax PSUs and all are fine

did you personally build your pc?

if you did, was the PSU in a factory sealed box?

Its the Green and any Black.

I have had about 3 or 4 of them quit on me including 2 Thermaltake's so I stopped using them

i find myself feeling the temp of the air coming out of the back of the psu, if i didnt feel air coming out the back, that would be the first indication something was amiss

what the heck are you doing to your PSUs???
ive never killed any of em

i did personally build my pc. and yes it was in a sealed box with celophane and everything.

i openid it up, put the fan the right way round, and it was still giving off very few cfms, so i put a new fan in. still no change. i'm now thinking its the fan controler thats broken. so i'll hotwire that to bring the voltage up to full. thanks for the tip about the wires to make it start without being connected to a m0b0, save me having to put it all back in to find out its made no difference at all.

i never keep a PSU the way it is, first thing i do is change the stock fan for a good one, the one i have now has 38-40some cfm anything in front fly's away

um nothing its called luck of the draw

i think i will do just that. it will take quite a bit of modding though, as all the connecters on the inside are wired completly different to anything on the outside. its to discourage modding.