EVGA

[ozz]

so much for the EVGA G2 1300 psu

this is the 2nd ive had from evga, the first went bang and the 2nd just did the same, so much for their over "whatever protection", windows was shutdown, just the psu running the water pump then bang, a bang, i thought oh well theres the crossblade gone, then it knocked out the daily and TV as well, went and looked and the  main power switch breaker in the power board was off, i turned it back on then it flicked off, turned it on again, then bang again and this time a big bang, the evga psu is dead as a dodo,so i hooked up the gigabyte 550 w then a bang sound again but didnt kill it, so i have a plug issue, i changed the power board from the socket to the bench rig to test if it was that, no different, changed the power supply from another plug source to the bench and no dramas, theres an issue with that power plug somewhere thats for sure. my complaint is, with all the over everything evga says it has and supposed to have why didnt it or why wasnt it and saved the psu with all its so called protection devices when the gigabyte 550 w (a very much older psu) was on the same supply after i checked the evga and the gigabyte is ok , here i was giving evga all the praise , yes their warranty now is good , (10 yrs) i wonder why, so many failures ? or just not up the the standard and trying to make up the standard, either way this G21300 will be going back and i wont be and am not an EVGA fan no more, no wonder thwy paid for pick up, replacement and delivery for the last psu, and when i get it back its gunna be sold as it came here, coz im not goin thru this shit with any EVGA product NO MORE, id be lucky to use 450w of power max for what i do here, even with 2 gpus, which ive had in once ever since ive been benchin, evga an i are over full stop!!!!
the fucking thing is supposed to have every protection available known to a psu for ffs

i cant win a trick, ive just about had it with benchin anything altogether for the fear of more losses, the last 8 mths has just been too much, im best to cut the losses and get out altogeher!!!

[ozz]

i may well have been very unlucky with EVGA psu's, but 1 thing i cant deny from EVGA is their customer support, i emailed them at 8.21 pm here this sunday night 19.3.2017, this email from them was sent back to me at 9.52 pm on the same sunday night

 EVGA Support Email
thank you for contacting the EVGA Customer Service Team. My name is ----------(names with held of course for privacy and courtesy by me ) and I will answer your question today.
Your Answer:
Hello -------,

I apologize for the trouble you are having with your power supply. Please submit an RMA request by going to ----------------- (email link also held for privacy to disable a false claim to use my situation for their benefit) so that we can replace the power supply. After you submit the request you will receive a confirmation email, a Step 2 email with further instructions will follow within 2 business days. Please let us know if you have any further questions.

Regards,
EVGA

[Mr.Scott]

Far too many PSU issues on good big PSU's. You have a power issue in your house someplace.

[Shadyreaper]

Mar 19, 2017 7:49:43 GMT -5 Mr.Scott said:

Far too many PSU issues on good big PSU's. You have a power issue in your house someplace.

doesnt Australia have power issues??? I think scotty is right Ozz you got an issue in your house there is no way all them PSUs went out like that you need to have the power in your house check sounds like you have a wire that is shorting out and zapping your shit 

[Macsbeach98]

That is an interesting thought there Scotty.
He does live around the corner from a bunch of shops one being a Liquor store that would have some decent size refrigeration units cycling on and off.
Could be surges on the line.

[Macsbeach98]

Shady Australia dont usually have power issues we have good power here and some of the tightest wiring regulations in the world.
Our standard outlets are 240v 10Amp and the heavy duty stuff is 415v three phase.

[ozz]

the power plug, socket, what ever you wanna call it on the wall has been powering the bench unit for 2 yrs or more, ive never had a trouble withit , doesnt mean theres not something wrong tho, i find it strange too that the first evga went bang, then the enermax shit itself, ( itested the enermax again with the psu tester and it powers up fine now and reads all ok?)and now the new evga again, that went bang twice, the first was a small bang, when i was sitting here just running the pump only, then i went to see and the breaker switch was down, thats off here, i flicked it up and it came straight down again like a short so i held it up and then the big bang from the evga  and it was connected to a power board as well then into the wall socket, so im buggered if i know, im gunna be ringin the landlord and tell em theres a power plug/ power issue, in frightened of the joint catchin on fire,  and gettin the electrician out to check it, this is fucking ridiculous, thank christ it didnt kill the crossblade with it , with all it protection standards i dunno why it didnt shut down or off when it got the obvious short or is all the protection controls it has meant for the hardware its supplying so as not to damage or kill the board , cpu etc ?
OVP--over volt protection
UVP--under volt protection
OCP--over current protection
OPP--over power protection
SCP--short circuit protection

[Mr.Scott]

Mar 19, 2017 8:15:46 GMT -5 Macsbeach98 said:

That is an interesting thought there Scotty.
He does live around the corner from a bunch of shops one being a Liquor store that would have some decent size refrigeration units cycling on and off.
Could be surges on the line.

Exactly what I'm thinking. There is an outside source of trouble. Shane isn't doing anything to cause this. Checking power in the house is the first step. If that's ok, it's outside interference. A big UPS might be a good next investment.

[Shadyreaper]

Mar 19, 2017 8:28:33 GMT -5 Macsbeach98 said:

Shady Australia dont usually have power issues we have good power here and some of the tightest wiring regulations in the world.
Our standard outlets are 240v 10Amp and the heavy duty stuff is 415v three phase.

ok I was just reading somewhere you guys had rolling blackouts quite often I think it was a article about how Elon Musk could fix yalls electricity problems in 100 days rolling blackouts can send a surge across the power line and that can kill shit

[Macsbeach98]

It does sound like it could be surges the funny thing though the 1000watt Antec in his daily runner has going day in day out since before he joined CP.

WHAT the Enermax is working Shane???

[Macsbeach98]

Rolling Blackouts is only in South Australia they are trying to be ECO and using renewables the Dickheads when the wind dont blow the power dont go.

[ozz]

Mar 19, 2017 8:53:42 GMT -5 Macsbeach98 said:

It does sound like it could be surges the funny thing though the 1000watt Antec in his daily runner has going day in day out since before he joined CP.

WHAT the Enermax is working Shane???

yes the antec has been running for what 3yrs now, but its on a power point under the desk pete, the power point for the bench is over further, you know where that is on the wall near the fishin rods in the corner there,  i dunno if its on the same circuit at the daily tho but never had a drama with the daily, nor have i had any power issues that i can think of since ive been here in 9 yrs with any other appliance, except for the psus shittin themselves like they have lately,

well i plugged it into the psu tester and it powered up and read what seems to be normal, the problem is im too scared to try anything for fear of somethin else blowin up or dyin

[Shadyreaper]

they should use solar power too damn you guys got as much sun as we do in FL if not more they should be using everything they can everywhere but you cant just rely on that cause like you said when the wind dont blow the power dont go lmao so that is why elon was saying he could fix their issue with a battery facility packed with batteries that they use in the Tesla to hold power lol

[ozz]

Mar 19, 2017 8:43:23 GMT -5 Shadyreaper said:

Mar 19, 2017 8:28:33 GMT -5 Macsbeach98 said:

Shady Australia dont usually have power issues we have good power here and some of the tightest wiring regulations in the world.
Our standard outlets are 240v 10Amp and the heavy duty stuff is 415v three phase.

ok I was just reading somewhere you guys had rolling blackouts quite often I think it was a article about how Elon Musk could fix yalls electricity problems in 100 days rolling blackouts can send a surge across the power line and that can kill shit

thats in south australia shady, 2000ks away from us, we get blackouts in sever weather storms, lightning etc and big bush fires if it burns the power lines or towers down, same as anywhere, normally its fairly rare for us to lose power, if we do its usually back on fairly quickly unless its really serious

[Shadyreaper]

Mar 19, 2017 9:06:57 GMT -5 ozz said:

Mar 19, 2017 8:43:23 GMT -5 Shadyreaper said:

ok I was just reading somewhere you guys had rolling blackouts quite often I think it was a article about how Elon Musk could fix yalls electricity problems in 100 days rolling blackouts can send a surge across the power line and that can kill shit

thats in south australia shady, 2000ks away from us, we get blackouts in sever weather storms, lightning etc and big bush fires if it burns the power lines or towers down, same as anywhere, normally its fairly rare for us to lose power, if we do its usually back on fairly quickly unless its really serious

yea I didnt know the problem was no where near you guys lol you learn new shit everyday 

[Macsbeach98]

It would be on the same circuit they are too close together for it not to be

[Macsbeach98]

I am off to bed I will ring you in the morning Shane.

[Shadyreaper]

best way to tell if they are on the same breaker is to plug something into both and shut the breaker off just a lamp something simple and see if it both go off when you shut the breaker off

[ozz]

Mar 19, 2017 9:09:03 GMT -5 Macsbeach98 said:

It would be on the same circuit they are too close together for it not tobe

i remember now the daily did shut down too when the psu blew up on the benchin setup and the daily is on a power board too with a circuit breaker thingo in the same as the bench was, altho the daily power board circuit breaker unit is newer than the bench setup one, they have a red reset button in em if the get overloaded they shut the power off then you gotta push the button to reset it

[ozz]

Mar 19, 2017 9:11:20 GMT -5 Shadyreaper said:

best way to tell if they are on the same breaker is to plug something into both and shut the breaker off just a lamp something simple and see if it both go off when you shut the breaker off

ill be checkin that 2mozz, ill leave the daily on then plug a lamp into the other power point that was powering the bench rig then turn the circuit breaker off that went off today in the main power box then check to see if the lamp and daily are both off

[Macsbeach98]

How many circuit breakers you got in there for power 2 at the most and one for lights.

[Macsbeach98]

One thing the Antec in the daily is made by Delta Electronics. The largest switchmode maker in the world as well as the best fans.
The EVGA power supply is made by Superflower.
That says a lot as to why the Antec is handling it if its an outside problem.
The Enermax being still alive means protection probably saved it electronic components dont have magical healing power once dead they stay dead.
Which means its probably an outside problem.

About the only power supply companies that make there own supplies are Seasonic and Enermax the rest are just badge engineered OEM's that you wouldnt know who makes them.

[ozz]

Mar 19, 2017 15:52:26 GMT -5 Macsbeach98 said:

How many circuit breakers you got in there for power 2 at the most and one for lights.

i just checked the power circuit breaker and it says only for circuits 2 and 4 so i plugged in a lamp to that wall socket that was powering the evga, also looked at the daily monitor, tv, stereo, set top box, lamp in my bedroom, toaster etc, seems all the power appliances are on these circuits where the circuit breaker in the main power box outside are thru this circuit breaker as they all had no power when i switched it off and checked, and yes pete the enermax protection system mustve saved it, the evgas protection obviously failed to protect it, whyit didnt has got me beat whit all its protection thats nominated it has, and the first evga (same model same everything) did the same thing but i dont get it why coz the first evga was in their for ages, this one would be all of what 2 mths now

[ozz]

just had the sparky out to check the electricals out here ,and he said for sure the PSU had a fault to start with thats why the circuit breaker shut the power down, checked all ok but they replaced the power point anyway to be safe, id say the power board i was using with it wasnt good enough as well, ill be buying a new power board with surge and overload protection and using that as well with it, also he said as you said scotty that i NEED a UPS unit, he stressed that strongly, but theyre $200+ for what i want as the sparky looked with on fleabay and said this one isnt a bad buy but i want to be well over protected in future, apparently here where i / we are pete,  he said we have an issue with power surges and under voltage issues, the TAB (which are betting places here) theyve had to install UPS units coz the power surges were killing their betting machines,  but the power companies he said cover there arses by stating their power is 240v + or - 5%, shifty fucking arseholes they are, so i need a UPS unit , im just over losing expensive hardware, anyway the psu shouldve shut down with all its protection devices its SUPPOSED to have and it didnt, the enermax did shutdown tho, ill be getting a new psu from evga i know that, but no way i want a G2 NOVA 1300 watt again, this is the 2nd failure of the same psu, ill be wanting something else , ill see what they say, i cant even buy a CP-IOOO antec for the bench rig, which is what id like, id use the daily one coz i  dont need it for the daily, it just came with the antec case i bought coz i wanted another case and psu together,  its just too big to fit in the bench table, and i dont want the psu sittin outside the bench rig, i dont want clutter 

www.ebay.com.au/itm/191139811357?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Vinster]

that's too bad Ozzie, my 1300w psu from EVGA has been great.

Vin

[ozz]

Mar 19, 2017 21:43:32 GMT -5 Vinster said:

that's too bad Ozzie, my 1300w psu from EVGA has been great.

Vin

yep im pretty pissed off vinnie, 2 of the same failed, hope yours stays strong mate, all the bullshit again of going thru the r m a shit again, what a pain in the arse, it would be interesting to know when yours was actually produced, maybe its an earlier model, i know youve said prior that yours has been rock solid and that a fair while ago now, when did you firstly buy it ?

[ozz]

i just spoke to pete on the phone and he said something thats made me think hard, ive told him many times b4 that the daily just shuts down for no reason and has been doing this for what 2-3 years now for whatever reason, petes suggestion was if its getting a surge or whatever the antec CP-1000 registers it then shuts down to protect it and im inclined to agree with him about it and its on the same power circuit as the bench rig but the bench rig hasnt just shut down like the daily has done with the enermax or the evgas in it, just keeps going, but i have noticed with the enermax its been hard to power up at times and petes enermax has done the same like a power supply issue, not enough or too much i dunno, you keep pressing the power button and nothing happens, you gotta let it sit then itll go again, like it resets itself, either way its driving me up the bloody wall big time , so this is the plan, pete suggested it, im gunna set up a tip junker board, with air cooling, a so so gpu, cpu dont matter and run the enermax platimax psu again, if it blows the board, cpu, gpu, then so be it, then ill know its the psu at fault, least i wont lose the crossblade or anything worth money

[ozz]

heres that dell UPS unit i was tellin ya about pete, i know dell make good stuff and especially earlier stuff but i dunno jack shit about UPS units , but i do like the voltage and wattage with this one, ok may need a battery , so what, ill buy a new battery

www.ebay.com.au/itm/272574489551?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Macsbeach98]

That Dell one is good its enough power to do you proud too.

Talking about the +-5% tolerance thats a universal thing the world over.
5% over here is 252v the power at my place is pretty well constant 250v.
I dont have shops or a lot of people using power nearby so the power here is pretty well spike free
It isnt the 5% tolerance that is your problem its spikes that are higher than that.

[ozz]

Mar 19, 2017 22:26:44 GMT -5 Macsbeach98 said:

That Dell one is good its enough power to do you proud too.

Talking about the +-5% tolerance thats a universal thing the world over.
5% over here is 252v the power at my place is pretty well constant 250v.
I dont have shops or a lot of people using power nearby so the power here is pretty well spike free
It isnt the 5% tolerance that is your problem its spikes that are higher than that.

so what do you reckon pete ?? go for the dell ? over the other 1 ? fuck it, i bought it, i wasnt gunna chance missing this, at a 10 $ or whatever offer difference, ill go pick it up, itll cost me about a $100 all up in fuel, the drive down n back is a nothin