Corsair TX650 PSUs aren't that good or bad luck?

Hello.

I came home last night into my hot room (~80F degrees), turned the old
Windows XP Pro SP3 desktop computer on, paid one of my monthly paper
bills to let it boot up, heard loud crack/popp)ing noises (thought it
was from outside/downstair making firecracker type noises), saw and
heard PC shut down (was idling at the login screen), looked at it, heard
more noises, smelled and saw smokes from my rear Corsair TX650 power
supply unit (PSU) area, heard more loud noises, and then quickly turned
off PSU's switch and unplugged power cable (avoiding a possible fire,
more damages, etc.).

This is not normal, right? Or am I just bad luck? Thank you in
advance.
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:46:17 -0500, (Ant) wrote:

| Hello.
|
| I came home last night into my hot room (~80F degrees), turned the old
| Windows XP Pro SP3 desktop computer on, paid one of my monthly paper
| bills to let it boot up, heard loud crack/popp)ing noises (thought it
| was from outside/downstair making firecracker type noises), saw and
| heard PC shut down (was idling at the login screen), looked at it, heard
| more noises, smelled and saw smokes from my rear Corsair TX650 power
| supply unit (PSU) area, heard more loud noises, and then quickly turned
| off PSU's switch and unplugged power cable (avoiding a possible fire,
| more damages, etc.).
|
| This is not normal, right? Or am I just bad luck? Thank you in
| advance.

The TX650 has a 5-year warranty. If you haven't had yours that long, you're in luck.

Larc

| I came home last night into my hot room (~80F degrees), turned the old
| Windows XP Pro SP3 desktop computer on, paid one of my monthly paper
| bills to let it boot up, heard loud crack/popp)ing noises (thought it
| was from outside/downstair making firecracker type noises), saw and
| heard PC shut down (was idling at the login screen), looked at it, heard
| more noises, smelled and saw smokes from my rear Corsair TX650 power
| supply unit (PSU) area, heard more loud noises, and then quickly turned
| off PSU's switch and unplugged power cable (avoiding a possible fire,
| more damages, etc.).
|
| This is not normal, right? Or am I just bad luck? Thank you in
| advance.

The TX650 has a 5-year warranty. If you haven't had yours that long, you're in luck.

Yeah, I will definitely get it RMAed. I had it since the end of 2010. I
was reading that a few other people had my symptoms too. That's not
good.
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| I came home last night into my hot room (~80F degrees), turned the old
| Windows XP Pro SP3 desktop computer on, paid one of my monthly paper
| bills to let it boot up, heard loud crack/popp)ing noises (thought it
| was from outside/downstair making firecracker type noises), saw and
| heard PC shut down (was idling at the login screen), looked at it,
heard
| more noises, smelled and saw smokes from my rear Corsair TX650 power
| supply unit (PSU) area, heard more loud noises, and then quickly turned
| off PSU's switch and unplugged power cable (avoiding a possible fire,
| more damages, etc.).
|
| This is not normal, right? Or am I just bad luck? Thank you in
| advance.

The TX650 has a 5-year warranty. If you haven't had yours that long,
you're in luck.

Yeah, I will definitely get it RMAed. I had it since the end of 2010. I
was reading that a few other people had my symptoms too. That's not
good.

You have me worried now ):-( I have a TX650 V2 in my desktop that I got in
April 2011. Maybe whatever happened to yours got fixed in V2? (Yeah, right!)
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SC Tom

You have me worried now ):-( I have a TX650 V2 in my desktop that I got in
April 2011. Maybe whatever happened to yours got fixed in V2? (Yeah, right!)

It is very few owners though. Even if it does blow up, it should not
damage your hardwares. Nothing broke from it AFAIK. However, I saw one
comment that said his hardwares got damamged. He wasn't lucky like me.
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