dingaling Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 Well I'm not sending the MB off for RMA until my new PSU arrives. I tested the voltages on the antec PSU under load on aother system (powers up other computers fine, just not my DFI) Anyway the 5volt rail is 4.80V That would suggest to me that the PSU is the problem! and not the first time i've heard of this issue with antecs, now get this i measured the 5volt rail on my friends Antec it was 4.80V aswell surely this can't be good for antecs reputation! (i opened up my PSU, and found a bulging capacitor, checked out the brands of capacitors in this PSU and according to badcap website most of the caps in these PSU's are trash! TEAPO, Fuhjyyu caps.... shame on you antec) Will update when new PSU arrives and see if my PC comes back to life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollietwinam Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 What PSU did you order? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingaling Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 the Antec trupower 380 hehe just kidding, no i whent with the OCZ gamerxstream 600w, haven't heard anything bad about them yet (altho its easy to see they pay for some good marketing by happy) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollietwinam Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 Heh... no they really are rock-solid well-built durable PSUs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc newbie Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 the Antec trupower 380 hehe just kidding, no i whent with the OCZ gamerxstream 600w, haven't heard anything bad about them yet (altho its easy to see they pay for some good marketing by happy) lol That actually made me laugh man and you will be very happy with the ocz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganders75 Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 Yeah, they are actually manufactured by FSP - and they currently have one of the best rep's in the business... You will not be disappointed - hope it fixes your issues... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingaling Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 Well Guys, good thing i didn't send the MB back. As it was perfectly fine. the OCZ PSU solved everything. And a word of warning stay away from Antec PSU, they are trash! The amound of stuff i found about them on the interweb only confirms my suspicions. And another note, gee these DFI baords are reliable! in my frustration when i was installing memory and CPU while the thing was powered on, i was even twisting the PCB becuase i thought it had a bad connection. Lucky ths things still works! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingaling Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 Also thanx Ganders75 OC newbie and ollietwinam, they are good PSU's! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganders75 Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 You are very, very welcome! Glad to hear that there's another happy camper out there - enjoy your rig and happy gaming... ;o) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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