Wow. I am assuming this is the tan glue?
Enermax Liberty just died....
Well was watching TV last night as the apartment was plunged into darkness, all down to my near 3 yr Enermax Liberty 620, tried plugging it in again and was greeted with a blinding blue flash and loud cracking sound. Not as dramatic as my first 3 Liberty's(inside first month of warranty)the flash and bangs were accompanied by a noxious cloud when they expired. Fortunately, it has 2.5 weeks left to run in it's 3 yr warranty so will get a new one for the price of postage
![]()
. Despite the problems in the first month the Liberty's been very good, running nearly 24/7 for 2 yrs......
Just have to hope my weedy little no-name 350w in the closet has the umph to power at least part of my system!
Just have to hope my weedy little no-name 350w in the closet has the umph to power at least part of my system!
1 - 16 of 16 Posts
3
Well, 14 days to wait on RMA so bought an OCZ ModXstream pro 700, and will sell the Liberty when it comes back. Interestingly my coretemp has dropped about 3C on each core with the new PSU installed
![]()
Guessing I had some Vcore fluctuations on the the Liberty for a while before it blew
Quote:
TBH, I doubt I'll buy another Enermax, great PSU's, but first impressions last and my first 3 impressions blew up within 3 weeks
![]()
Quote:
Originally Posted by BradleyW  sorry to hear this. someone has just posted about their Enermax PSU 1000w died on them. |
3
Quote:
Why did you buy the second one if the first one blew up let alone a third?
Originally Posted by Antho Well, 14 days to wait on RMA so bought an OCZ ModXstream pro 700, and will sell the Liberty when it comes back. Interestingly my coretemp has dropped about 3C on each core with the new PSU installed
TBH, I doubt I'll buy another Enermax, great PSU's, but first impressions last and my first 3 impressions blew up within 3 weeks
|
Quote:
All under warranty, bought one and then over the first 4 weeks of ownership replaced 3. Fourth one survived 2 yrs 10.5 months of abuse
Originally Posted by t_russell Why did you buy the second one if the first one blew up let alone a third? |
Quote:
As long as the warranty took care of all of it. Did you have to pay for all the shipping?
Originally Posted by Antho All under warranty, bought one and then over the first 4 weeks of ownership replaced 3. Fourth one survived 2 yrs 10.5 months of abuse |
Quote:
There was a run of bad Enermax PSUs a few years ago. It is probably just faulty units.
Originally Posted by parityboy Enermax are a solid make, but sometimes you can get unlucky with a particular specimen. Three times unlucky is a bit much though; I wonder if there's an issue with his mains supply? Something that the Enermax design does not like? EDIT: lol, I just realised you live in the U.K. Power over here is rather solid, not flaky like other places. |
2
Quote:
Unfortunately, return shipping was at my expense but Enermax had a new one to me within 2 days. Nowadays though, RMA's in the UK are being handled by a contract company so it all takes longer.
Quote:
Hehe, at the time I was flamed on another forum for daring to suggest an Enermax would fail
![]()
but the guy I dealt with did admit to reliability issues on early Liberty's.
Originally Posted by t_russell As long as the warranty took care of all of it. Did you have to pay for all the shipping? |
Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckieHo There was a run of bad Enermax PSUs a few years ago. It is probably just faulty units. |
2
Quote:
You should bump that thread with "I TOLD YOU SO!1!!"
Originally Posted by Antho Hehe, at the time I was flamed on another forum for daring to suggest an Enermax would fail
|
2
I have been running my Enermax Galaxy for around 2-3years now I believe. Nothing has ever faulted and the amount of spare cabling and connections for it is sickening. Ofcource now I look at it and realise it has been overkill but I like to have my securities
![]()
Only problem with the Galaxy is size of cabling. Massive modular cables as think as my wrist
![]()
which tends to lead (no pun intended) to horrible cable management. It is good to know you got a new model and within warrenty.
Only problem with the Galaxy is size of cabling. Massive modular cables as think as my wrist
2
Quote:
I think he tested most of those faulty ones on himself, one "lucky" guy
![]()
Originally Posted by DuckieHo There was a run of bad Enermax PSUs a few years ago. It is probably just faulty units. |
3
Quote:
I doubt that's the cause.
The new PSU is probably more efficent, and may have a more powerful fan.
Quote:
You can find crappy power in any country, good power too.
Originally Posted by Antho Interestingly my coretemp has dropped about 3C on each core with the new PSU installed
|
The new PSU is probably more efficent, and may have a more powerful fan.
Quote:
Originally Posted by parityboy EDIT: lol, I just realised you live in the U.K. Power over here is rather solid, not flaky like other places. |
1 - 16 of 16 Posts
