On Thursday 11 May 2006 14:16, Gregory Hill wrote: > Definitely agree. I quit using stock power supplies after I had 3 of > them go out within 6 months. Since then I've bought mainly Enermax, but > my last one was a CoolerMaster, and both have been very stable. Haven't > had any component failures since then, although I did have to return a > video card because they put a molex connector instead of the PCI-X power > connector, so it was unable to draw enough juice to power itself (the > difference being that a molex can pull power from only 1 rail whereas a > PCI-X connector can pull power from 2, and very few power supplies have > enough wattage on a single rail to power the latest high-end video > cards).
I used to swear by Enermax, now I swear at them. After over a year of infrequent, intermittent, but bizarre boot issues I finally isolated the problem to the power supply. Moving to an Antec TruePower solved the problems. I tried to collect on the 2yr warranty, but they absolutely refused. I had the warranty period documented both on the box and on the receipt. They had reduced their warranty period to 1yr and apparently decided to make the change retroactive. I suspect, because I'm not the only one. -- Respectfully, Nicholas Leippe Sales Team Automation, LLC 1335 West 1650 North, Suite C Springville, UT 84663 +1 801.853.4090 http://www.salesteamautomation.com /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
