Working Fortron 530w, 'bout time!
Well the story goes like this: I had a vmodded Antec True 550 and a vmodded Asus P4C800 Deluxe. Not bad runnin a 2.6c @ 3.6Ghz. Swap the cpu to a 3.0E and ramp that baby up to 3.6Ghz as well. Upgraded a few parts along the way like a new Vc (X800P) and ram (1GB kit Corsair). All of a sudden power failure!
AFter several tries to reboot, no-go. Closer inspection reveals a deald psu, fried 4pin 12v connector from the psu and the connector on the mobo.
Get lucky with a refurbed P4C800 Deluxe and a new retail Fortron 530w from our trusty retailer newegg. Parts arrive and i get to work re-installing. Before I install the psu i check my rails. To my horror the rails are extremely low
12v = 11.00
5v = 4.80
3.3 = 3.28
No problem, adjusting time. I get the rails up to where they're supposed to be and install the beast. Power on, get to windows and 10 minutes later it shuts off. Try again , same problem. I try the psu in another rig ( AMD) and same problem. Time for RMA Get a new replacement back. Just tested the new one outta the box and the 12v rail is 11v, the 5v rail is 5.59v. Did'nt bother checking the 3.3v rail. I dunno wtf is going on and why i keep getting Fortron lemons. Install it in the AMD rig and at load the rails are:
Bios/MBM5:
12v = 11.64
5v = 5.14
3.3 = 3.32
DMM :
12v = 11.90
5v = 5.18
3.3= 3.38
Decided to adjust the pots. Got them now at:
12v = 12.30
5v = 5.30
3.3 = 3.45v
No shut off on the AMD rig now for over an hour. I was hoping I did'nt have to touch the psu, that the rails would be dead-on or close to specs. I hate to see rails drop below what they're supposed to be at. Not too thrilled about going thru all this inconvinience at all with new hardware, especially after what i've read and seen on the forums and sites about this particular psu, but we'll see what it does in time.
AFter several tries to reboot, no-go. Closer inspection reveals a deald psu, fried 4pin 12v connector from the psu and the connector on the mobo.
Get lucky with a refurbed P4C800 Deluxe and a new retail Fortron 530w from our trusty retailer newegg. Parts arrive and i get to work re-installing. Before I install the psu i check my rails. To my horror the rails are extremely low
12v = 11.00
5v = 4.80
3.3 = 3.28
No problem, adjusting time. I get the rails up to where they're supposed to be and install the beast. Power on, get to windows and 10 minutes later it shuts off. Try again , same problem. I try the psu in another rig ( AMD) and same problem. Time for RMA Get a new replacement back. Just tested the new one outta the box and the 12v rail is 11v, the 5v rail is 5.59v. Did'nt bother checking the 3.3v rail. I dunno wtf is going on and why i keep getting Fortron lemons. Install it in the AMD rig and at load the rails are:
Bios/MBM5:
12v = 11.64
5v = 5.14
3.3 = 3.32
DMM :
12v = 11.90
5v = 5.18
3.3= 3.38
Decided to adjust the pots. Got them now at:
12v = 12.30
5v = 5.30
3.3 = 3.45v
No shut off on the AMD rig now for over an hour. I was hoping I did'nt have to touch the psu, that the rails would be dead-on or close to specs. I hate to see rails drop below what they're supposed to be at. Not too thrilled about going thru all this inconvinience at all with new hardware, especially after what i've read and seen on the forums and sites about this particular psu, but we'll see what it does in time.
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I even tried jumping the green and black wires to power on the psu, no-go either on that. Dang tempermental pos
On a good note the Fortron 530w on the main is running smoothly
Also got a Enermax 365w modded on the Epox set-up which is runnin like a beast out of hell