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From: ShadowTek on 18 Dec 2009 18:30
I had a bad experience with a Gigabyte power supply that I bought from
Newegg, so I posted a review of it reflecting my opinion of it. The
manufacturer's response seemed humorous, so I thought you might
enjoy it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817233010

My favorite part of their reply:
"As bottom positioned layout is not considered common and usually only
used in weaker chassis (lowering the center of mass, so the soft chassis
might survive), the superb is not designed to fit such un common
chassis."

So all cases that mount PSs on the bottom are made of "soft" metal that
will collapse if the PS were to be mounted on top? lmfao
From: Dave C. on 19 Dec 2009 08:06
(snip horror story about Gigabyte mainboard)


>
> This being my first, last and only experience with a motherboard
> manufacturer's technical support, I was rather disillusioned.
>
> I eBay'd the replacement, switched to ASUS and haven't looked back.
> Not that the ASUS has been 100% painless, but it does what I need.
>

I wonder if that was during the period where Asus and Gigabyte were the
same company? -Dave
From: ShadowTek on 20 Dec 2009 01:08
On 2009-12-19, Dave C. <noway(a)nohow.never> wrote:
>
> I think it is wrong to put the power supply in the bottom of an ATX
> case. It's just plain stupid to design a box that most customers will
> have a problem with. -Dave

For $70, I wouldn't have been any skin off their back to toss in an
extention adapter. Although, I think the *best* solution would be to include
cable length measurements with the PS stats, which would allow a person
to measure beforehand, and buy an extention seperately if needed.

Actually, it seems like a better idea to put PSs on the bottom, thus
keeping the heaviest component as low as possible. It make the case less
like to tip over if hit, and it also makes the case more stable to
handle when you have to carry it somewhere.

I'm not sure if there was any specific reasoning as to why they started
off putting them on top in the first place, but *that* decision seems a
little odd.
From: ShadowTek on 20 Dec 2009 01:24
On 2009-12-19, Jan Alter <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>
> In agreement that the Gigabyte response to the oscillation is ridiculous.
> But since the warranty is now voided and you have the noise problem I might
> try throwing in some fabricated rubber washers between the PS and the case
> to just try to limit any kind of vibration and see if it could help to stop
> the noise.

Oh god, I've already tried everything that I can think of to isolate
those damn noises. I tried soft washers between the screws and the case,
and the PS already rests on pads that are build into the case bottom. I
tried building a custom enclosure the absorb the noise, but they're just
to intense to contain (although the enclosure does an excellent job of
dulling all the other sounds in the case).

Actually, I can stop the rapid occilation if I press down on the top of
the PS and hold it with my hand, so I'm guessing that the metal of the
case is just too thin, and it's sort of bouncing up and down. I tried
gluing a small 1/8 inch thick metal plate on top of it to try and
reinforce it a little, but that didn't work.

> If it doesn't then it's completely a problem from within the PS
> case and for that I would be contacting Gigabyte for either a replacement or
> refund of your money. Adding a few inches of wire onto the cpu connector
> would have nothing to do with the oscillation.

I've still got a use for it, so it's not a total loss. My dad wants my
old computer, so I'm going to swap out my old PS with this one.
His hearing isn't as good as mine, so that should solve that problem. :)
From: Dave C. on 19 Dec 2009 19:31
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:11:28 GMT
"SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE(a)THISblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Dave C. wrote:
>
> > I think it is wrong to put the power supply in the bottom of an ATX
> > case. It's just plain stupid to design a box that most customers
> > will have a problem with. -Dave
>
> Do you make a habit of talking bollocks in every post?
>
> --
> SteveH

Do you know how many people complain about their brand new power supply
not fitting their case because the power supply is mounted on the
bottom? It seems at least 9 out of 10 builds with these oddball cases,
the first problem that needs to be ironed out is that the cables won't
reach where they need to go. Some few builders do their research
carefully enough to avoid the problem...or they get lucky and the PSU
they chose just (coincidentally) turned out to be one that fits OK.
But the bottom mount really does create problems for
builders...especially inexperienced ones. -Dave
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