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hello im asking is there somethign wrong with my psu? i reached around to see my cables and i found the psu's power cable to be VERY hot. i touched my other psu's cable and it was not hot like the one inside my case. any ideas?

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No. But you have something wrong. Normally, it shouldn't even be warm to the touch.

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yeah i dunno imma try a different, cable, i got an extra one lying around, maybe theres some resistance inside it causing it to heat up.. i dont know, well maybe someo ne will post who might have had the same problem

Reply to ursalog
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you should replace the power supply
once it goes down it takes everything with it

Reply to alvine
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well i mean its brand spanking new, and the psu isnt hot to the touch at all, its just the cable. lol and thats not always the case, my 580 watt blew up on me :P and my motherboard is still going strong

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What kind of PSU is it?

Reply to AKM880
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what about the lil switch in the back? the stting 110v or 115v could that be it? i have my 650 set to 115 and its cool the case psu is set to 110v O,o

 

edit: nvm looked the the seitch and its 110v and 220v on the 575w 115v and 230v on the 650w

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Message edited by ursalog on 05-29-2009 at 12:34:12 AM
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changed out the cable and it still seems kinda warm /sigh guess ill have to wait a while to see if it get alarmingly hot like the last one

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are you sure there is not heat being expelled out the back causing the cable to warm up? That sounds what like what is most likely happening.

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no i mean i checked the cable all the way down to the surge protector, hot all the way down, and getting all soft lol wiggly the rubber was getting all soft from the heat ><. this different cable i just put in feels slightly warm but not hot yet gonna keep runing the computer to see, but the thing that is odd is i have a different power supply and the cord is ice cold so i dont know what could be causing the 575w's cord to warm

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ursalog wrote :


edit: nvm looked the the seitch and its 110v and 220v on the 575w 115v and 230v on the 650w


That's irrelevant. One mfg. chose to label the switch 110-220; the other, 115-230. They both have the same type of input circuits.

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well i got medium good news lol this second cord i used is warm to the touch but its not soft and wiggly or scalding hot so i guess im in the clear for the time being lol. r2 cord o/c/g :P

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ursalog wrote :

logisys 575w psu


About months ago, I bought those of those Logysis 575 watts when they were on sale at Newegg w/free shipping. The power supply itself is okay but both of the cords that came in the box are cheap and both burnt up and failed, stopped working. I stripped both of them and found that the copper lines were like a hair strand, ridiculously thin for a power supply. The insulation was cheap too. Anyways, I replaced the cords and everything with the PSUs are okay.

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