Any idea what the hell this sound means coming from my PSU? (Video)

D-Man777 · Sep 20, 2014

This sound started happening when I first used this PSU but I loosened a screw and it pretty much stopped altogether until about 20 minutes ago. I was playing Rome 2 and this just happened non stop until i positioned my computer so the back-end is hovering over the edge of my desk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LaNWIImFhY&feature=youtu.be

May be loud for headphone users.

Dark Lord of Tech · Sep 20, 2014

Bad fan\bearing.

Don't use it.

Replace or RMA it.

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/support/warranty
Request a Return Material Authorization Number (RMA#)

bignastyid · Sep 20, 2014

It means it needs replaced. Not surprising for a Corsair CX, they seem to have a higher failure rate.

D-Man777 · Sep 20, 2014

I've been using it since late July. Should I stop using it immediately? If I continue is there serious risk of damage?

D-Man777 · Sep 20, 2014

bignastyid :

Damn. Wonder if amazon will take it back seeing as I bought it over 2 months ago.

Dark Lord of Tech · Sep 20, 2014

Yes ,shut it down now.

D-Man777 · Sep 20, 2014

Thanks for the info. Any idea what sort of damage it could have done to my pc?

Dark Lord of Tech · Sep 20, 2014

Probably none , didn't want to see anything else go wrong with it.

bignastyid · Sep 20, 2014

D-Man777 :

More than likely none. The CX has a higher failure rate but I have yet to hear of one frying a system. They just seem to have shutdown problems(due to poor capacitors) and fan issues. They skimped on good capacitors but the protection circuits seem to be fine.

bignastyid · Sep 20, 2014

D-Man777 :

Probably not, their return windows is 30 days. You'd need to contact corsair for a replacement/repair.

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