Coolermaster PSU explosion
I am not joking the brand new Coolermaster PSU (eXtreme Power 430W - RS-430-PCAR) literally exploded last night. I was working in the next room and heard a loud bang from the other room. Even my wife had heard it from the other side of the house. I ran to the room; the computer was down and the room was filled with a burning plastic smell. I Immediately disconnected everything and opened the case; everything was looking fine other than the smell coming from the power supply. When I was installing one of the spare PSU's, I was trying to estimate which components were also gone with the PSU, the mobo, a good graphics card, a dual core Athlon64, or the Ballistix RAM? Fortunately, everything worked fine the moment I turned the system on. With this kind of quality control at Coolermaster, overvoltage protection could have failed as well.
Beware !!!
Beware !!!
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I might contact them later, I am too angry now. I will avoid the brand after this anyway. I am sending back to Newegg for RMA replacement, and will keep the replacement for backup only. :shakehead
Really? You know what? My other computer is now running with a Channelwell-built Antec SP-500. I think I am good at picking up explosive PSUs Did you use the replacement, is it still running?
Thanks, I will not be anxiously watching my Antec then
I have Antec (no probs) but my favorite is Silverstone. The Silverstone looks nicer, has better heatsinks and is just better made inside.
To me Coolermaster is equivalent to Ultras low end stuff.