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Thread ID: 134560	2013-07-13 11:30:00	PSU fan keeps reving up and down under no load	Jiggle (17115)	Press F1

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1348897	2013-07-17 11:01:00	You mentioned in an earlier post I did run the PSU outside of the case before I installed it and it was working fine. Remove the PSU again, leave it hanging outside the case - run the PC and see what happens. If its working as it should, even though you say The PSU is also mounted upside down so it is getting air from underneath the case and there is plenty or room for air. It would suggest its starving for Air,and cant get the required amount to cool, hence over heating = higher fan speeds. If its still revving high with plenty of airflow outside the case then the PSU may have a fault. I will give this PSU one more week and if it keeps doing it I will see if I can get this swapped. this is not such a good idea, if you leave it for a week and the PSU does have a fault, or lack of airflow causing it, it wont fix itself.	wainuitech (129)
1348898	2013-07-17 11:33:00	You mentioned in an earlier post Remove the PSU again, leave it hanging outside the case - run the PC and see what happens. If its working as it should, even though you say It would suggest its starving for Air,and cant get the required amount to cool, hence over heating = higher fan speeds. If its still revving high with plenty of airflow outside the case then the PSU may have a fault. this is not such a good idea, if you leave it for a week and the PSU does have a fault, or lack of airflow causing it, it wont fix itself. I find it hard to believe it is starving for air as I have already had 3 PSU's in the same case with no problem. But I will try running it outside the case and see how that goes. Cheers	Jiggle (17115)
1348899	2013-07-17 21:00:00	This was a replacement for my corsair PSU which was still under warranty. Not sure if I could ask for a different PSU. I would have chosen a corsair but this was a warranty replacement. So, wait, under warranty, they replaced a Corsair PSU with a FSP? I'd be telling them to sod right off, personally... when your Porsche breaks under warranty you don't expect to get a Tata Nano as a replacement.	inphinity (7274)
1348900	2013-07-17 22:42:00	So, wait, under warranty, they replaced a Corsair PSU with a FSP? I'd be telling them to sod right off, personally... when your Porsche breaks under warranty you don't expect to get a Tata Nano as a replacement. Damn straight.	wratterus (105)
1348901	2013-07-18 11:37:00	So, wait, under warranty, they replaced a Corsair PSU with a FSP? I'd be telling them to sod right off, personally... when your Porsche breaks under warranty you don't expect to get a Tata Nano as a replacement. Well apparently the model I had is out of production. It was a 600W. They said they would give me a FSP Raider 650W. I didn't really have a choice as they just got it for me. Not sure if I was even allowed to have the option to choose. That PSU was bought brand new and installed at the shop 18 months ago.	Jiggle (17115)
1348902	2013-07-18 22:01:00	Well apparently the model I had is out of production. It was a 600W. They said they would give me a FSP Raider 650W. I didn't really have a choice as they just got it for me. Not sure if I was even allowed to have the option to choose. That PSU was bought brand new and installed at the shop 18 months ago. I would have thought, the most reasonable thing would have been to offer a new Model 600W (or higher) Corsair PSU. They still make plenty of 600-650W PSU's www.corsair.com This brings up an interesting point Should companies, retailers, importers be allowed to tempt us with 2,3 or 5 year guarantees when they obviously cant replace it when it fails. Ive had this with a mb replaced under warranty, it was replaced with a board that had the newer CPU socket type, so I couldnt use it. MB to match my CPU wasnt available (Gigabyte) Same with giving me a re-manufactured (with noisey bearings) replacement HardDrive for my 1 that was less than 1year old. (Seagate) Most retailers & service companies do have a complete disregard for the CGA, many even having company policies that are in total breech of the CGA : Ive had that in places Ive worked at. Its about time there needs to be some big fines for trying to refuse obligations under the CGA. They all do it, start making it REALLY expensive when retailers get caught trying in on.	1101 (13337)
1348903	2013-07-18 22:56:00	What confuses me is how a warranty replacement can change brands, the supplier would get a replacement from corsair under warranty surely? so why fob you off with a cheaper brand. Unless they are for some reason trying to avoid an actual warranty claim to the manufacturer and just supplying the replacement from their own stock. As others have said I'd be asking for a comparable replacement from the same brand. Corsair wont replace one of their faulty units with one from another manufacturer, so why should your supplier? Something smells a little.	dugimodo (138)
1348904	2013-07-18 23:40:00	What generally happens is if a model ( of anything) goes out of availability the item under warranty has to be replaced with either the same as or better than the original. Sometimes in the case of motherboards if the socket is to old and been discontinued people get offered a newer, and supposable "better" model. The sticking point with Motherboards is a newer socket wont take the original CPU. Its the motherboard that failed and replaced under warranty not the perfectly working CPU. ( had this argument a few times with suppliers) because the CPU is basically useless. What they can do is actually send back the warranty component to the manufacture, they would replace it with a working one, BUT ( and heres the "gotya" ;) ) the turn around time can take a month or longer - many people want it fixed right now, and not wait. This is one HUGE disadvantage when buying components from different places, lets say a person buys a motherboard from Shop A, a CPU from Shop B. The motherboard fails, shop A replaces it with a newer model motherboard as the original is no longer available. The CPU from shop B is useless, Shop B doesn't have to do anything, the CPU is in perfect working order. As for the PSU in this case - reading some reviews on the FSP, its actually a better PSU than the Corsair anyway. Also, Corsairs only have a 3 year warranty, the FSP has a 5 Year, so its a longer warranty time if something goes wrong. General rule of thumb is they are not going to put a 5 year warranty on a crap product.	wainuitech (129)
1348905	2013-07-20 02:29:00	Ok so I took the PSU out of the case so its free to get air, was running quite for the first hour like it usually does, then I get the revving again. Seems like there is a fault. Going to take it back to the shop.	Jiggle (17115)
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