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From: johns on 11 Sep 2006 13:44 I have 8 Antec SmartPower 350 power supplies that are blown. No biggie, they are still in warranty, but I opened one of them to see if I could tell what the problem is. Sure enough C16 and C17 are swollen and leaking goop. Both are 1000@ 10V, and both are associated with the standby power .. that is when the PC is OFF. What I'm doing with these PCs is I have them hibernate after 45 minutes of inactivity. When I replace the supply, the PCs come up from hibernate mode. None of these supplies has blown while in regular use, or from a complete power down. In hibernate mode, the fans are off, and I notice that these 2 caps are sitting right between 2 very large heat sinks. Got the caps coming from Jameco. If I can repair them .. easy to do .. I will. Nuts to RMAing psupplies. johns
From: JAD on 11 Sep 2006 14:08 how many dead antech does it take before you: 1. check your mains 2 buy a different brand 3 and since when does Dell use antech power supplies? "johns" <johns321(a)moscow.com> wrote in message news:1157996662.137032.16500(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > I have 8 Antec SmartPower 350 power supplies > that are blown. No biggie, they are still in warranty, > but I opened one of them to see if I could tell what > the problem is. Sure enough C16 and C17 are > swollen and leaking goop. Both are 1000@ 10V, > and both are associated with the standby > power .. that is when the PC is OFF. What I'm > doing with these PCs is I have them hibernate > after 45 minutes of inactivity. When I replace > the supply, the PCs come up from hibernate > mode. None of these supplies has blown while > in regular use, or from a complete power down. > In hibernate mode, the fans are off, and I notice > that these 2 caps are sitting right between 2 > very large heat sinks. Got the caps coming > from Jameco. If I can repair them .. easy to > do .. I will. Nuts to RMAing psupplies. > > johns >
From: visions of effty on 11 Sep 2006 14:15 > "johns" <johns321(a)moscow.com> wrote in message > news:1157996662.137032.16500(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> I have 8 Antec SmartPower 350 power supplies >> that are blown. No biggie, they are still in warranty, >> but I opened one of them to see if I could tell what >> the problem is. Sure enough C16 and C17 are >> swollen and leaking goop. Both are 1000@ 10V, >> and both are associated with the standby >> power .. that is when the PC is OFF. What I'm >> doing with these PCs is I have them hibernate >> after 45 minutes of inactivity. When I replace >> the supply, the PCs come up from hibernate >> mode. None of these supplies has blown while >> in regular use, or from a complete power down. >> In hibernate mode, the fans are off, and I notice >> that these 2 caps are sitting right between 2 >> very large heat sinks. Got the caps coming >> from Jameco. If I can repair them .. easy to >> do .. I will. Nuts to RMAing psupplies. >> >> johns "JAD" <kapasitor(a)earthcharter.net> wrote in message news:vChNg.13$NH3.0(a)newsfe03.lga... > how many dead antech does it take before you: > 1. check your mains > 2 buy a different brand > 3 and since when does Dell use antech power supplies? > (top post fixed) Kinda sounds to me like he bought them in bulk. I also don't see Dell mentioned anywhere. ~e.
From: johns on 11 Sep 2006 14:21 JAD wrote: > how many dead antech does it take before you: > 1. check your mains I did that. Line power is 20 amps, 2000 watts. Each machine measures 109 Watts, and there are 6 machines on the line. Building is 4 years old .. essentially new. > 2 buy a different brand Antec is one of the top brands. Their tech support has not seen this before. I supect the problem is caused by hibernate ??? > 3 and since when does Dell use antech power supplies? I have lots of machines .. more than 1000. Less than 100 Dells. I hibernate the Dells too, and they are holding with no problems ??????? Weird. Not a clue. I'll switch to the TruePower if this continues. johns
From: SteveH on 11 Sep 2006 14:21
"visions of effty" <what_happens_next(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:QIhNg.1443$Rw2.249(a)trnddc02... >> "johns" <johns321(a)moscow.com> wrote in message >> news:1157996662.137032.16500(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>> I have 8 Antec SmartPower 350 power supplies >>> that are blown. No biggie, they are still in warranty, >>> but I opened one of them to see if I could tell what >>> the problem is. Sure enough C16 and C17 are >>> swollen and leaking goop. Both are 1000@ 10V, >>> and both are associated with the standby >>> power .. that is when the PC is OFF. What I'm >>> doing with these PCs is I have them hibernate >>> after 45 minutes of inactivity. When I replace >>> the supply, the PCs come up from hibernate >>> mode. None of these supplies has blown while >>> in regular use, or from a complete power down. >>> In hibernate mode, the fans are off, and I notice >>> that these 2 caps are sitting right between 2 >>> very large heat sinks. Got the caps coming >>> from Jameco. If I can repair them .. easy to >>> do .. I will. Nuts to RMAing psupplies. >>> >>> johns > > > "JAD" <kapasitor(a)earthcharter.net> wrote in message > news:vChNg.13$NH3.0(a)newsfe03.lga... >> how many dead antech does it take before you: >> 1. check your mains >> 2 buy a different brand >> 3 and since when does Dell use antech power supplies? >> > > (top post fixed) > > Kinda sounds to me like he bought them in bulk. > > I also don't see Dell mentioned anywhere. > > ~e. Won't be long now before we have Johns ranting about Antec the same way he does about Asus mobos. SteveH |