The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall on April 16 for approximately 17,730 Manik and Apex-branded ATX power supplies sold by Apex Gaming PCs because the units shipped without a permanent warning label identifying electrical shock and electrocution hazards.
Affected PSUs cover four wattages — 450W, 750W, 1,000W, and 1,200W — and were sold in both black and white colorways, and went out to customers from December 2021 through February 2026, both as standalone components and pre-installed inside the company's gaming desktops. An additional 500 units were sold in Canada, where Health Canada has issued a parallel recall. No injuries or incidents have been reported.
This isn’t a hardware defect recall, and the PSUs themselves function fine with no risk of exploding. The issue is purely the fact that they lack an ANSI-compliant “Danger/Warning” and “No User-Serviceable Parts” stickers alerting users to shock and electrocution risks if the unit is opened or disassembled.
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Some might see this as a case of bureaucracy gone mad, but this type of labeling is standard practice because power supplies contain high-voltage capacitors that can retain a lethal electrical charge even after the unit is unplugged and powered off. Established manufacturers such as Corsair and be quiet! include permanent on-product warnings as a basic requirement; Apex shipped these units for more than four years without one.
The company appears to have recognized this before the recall, publishing a blog post on February 22nd and updating its safety guidelines page with prominent language warning customers never to open their PSUs, citing the capacitor hazard. The CPSC recall followed just under two months later, filed as a "Fast Track Recall," a designation that means the company volunteered to skip the agency's preliminary investigation and proceed directly to a remedy.
As for that remedy, the CPSC lists two options: the first and most obvious, a free "repair" in the form of a single UL-recognized, heat-resistant adhesive label containing the missing warning. Apex will mail the sticker to affected customers via USPS. Alternatively, users who would rather not apply the label themselves can request a free replacement PSU. The company will ship the new unit along with a return box and prepaid shipping label for the original. Meanwhile, the CPSC advises consumers to stop using the recalled PSUs immediately and to avoid opening, disassembling, or servicing them under any circumstances.
Apex Gaming PCs can be reached at 833-946-1418 (Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT), by email at support@apexgamingpcs.com, or through the live chat on its website. The company's dedicated recall page is at apexgamingpcs.com/pages/psu-recall.
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Luke James is a freelance writer and journalist. Although his background is in legal, he has a personal interest in all things tech, especially hardware and microelectronics, and anything regulatory.
