Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

[willawake]

notice untamperproof warranty sticker



the side exhausts are very effective





yate loon instead of protechnic. cooling is as expected quiet and good

[willawake]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN



single capxon primary cos its active psu for the blue storm ii. actually i did a double take while looking at the box....









all the secondary caps are capxon also. its an interesting change for fortron..

[willawake]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN



pcb notes FSP500-60GLY not GLN like on the specs sticker. Anyway they call it "Fortron Green" and it is what the Zalman ZM-460APS is based on.



i dont think you would need more connectors. it has 2 pci-e also



last one - specs

[Galvanized]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

Not trying to be off topic.
Here's jonny's review of the new Fortron provided Zalman 600W heat piped unit.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=46
He feels they changed the platform a bit because the Epsilon based units (OCZ) went out of ATX ripple spec near full load. The Zalman unit load tested very well indeed.
So maybe this Blue Storm II is built on the same platform.

EDIT: CapXon are used in this Zalman unit and all the smaller caps in the Zippy's I've opened up are CapXon also.

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

I'm just glad to see a recent FSP that doesn't have OST caps on the 12v output

[willawake]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

So maybe this Blue Storm II is built on the same platform

dunno but this pcb only goes to 500w.

here is the 400w Green
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article280-page1.html

[gonzo0815]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

It is the same GLY PCB like in my Amacrox Free Earth 500GLN. I wish i would have ordered the 550w version, as the higher wattage models are probably based on the Epsilon series PCB wich should be ready for up to 650w.
All caps are Capxon too, but i have replaced some of them with Panasonic FM 1200uF.
The only difference i see, the Amacrox does not have 2200uF caps on the 5 or 3.3v rail. IMHO there where only 1000uF 16v KF on all rails. IF i order new caps, i will loock for that, if there are no 2200uF i will change them to that value, as your units seems to proof, that a little more capcitance would not harm. But thois desing is not absolut silent, as airflow is the key to keep this unit cool. Any way, i have replaced the Protechinc Fan with an AC120mm fan, but iam not shure if this is enough airflow, but up to now it seems to be ok.

[Topcat]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

Those are rather small heatsinks on the FET's and regulators for a 500 watter.... Compared to the Antec HE550's, which are 550 watts, and have enormous heatsinks... I just thought that's a little odd that the sinks are so small.

[Big Pope]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

Oh, OMG.

Is it that 2200uF 6.3v in diameter 8mm?

[willawake]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

I wish i would have ordered the 550w version, as the higher wattage models are probably based on the Epsilon series PCB wich should be ready for up to 650w.

yes but old epsilon pcb is not good design apparently. this one gets good reviews as far as i see but of course it hasnt been johnnyGURUed yet

Those are rather small heatsinks on the FET's and regulators for a 500 watter

same surprise with epsilon design. apparently fortron have designed for less heat, i will see how it goes. i think airflow is good though

Is it that 2200uF 6.3v in diameter 8mm?

i will check, i think so. There is some space for recap as they designed for 10mm in those positions.

[Big Pope]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

There is some space for recap as they designed for 10mm in those positions.

Nice to hear that.

Fortron is SPI OEM factory, SPI is very famous in the past(P3 age) at our side, but now have many brand of nice power supply for selection here, lol.

[gonzo0815]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

The PCB is not the problem here for recaping, the cables are.
Those small heatsinks are ok, as the whole PSU is desingt to have an unrestrikted, high airflow. The culprit of this desing is, that you can`t get those PSU`s to absolut silent, but on the other hand the noise is lower than most other units. It is mostly the air exhaust itself wich generates the noise. Seasonic and Antec have choosen the other way, wich means large heatsinks and medium airflow. So they can reduce the airflow significantly at lower loads but at higher loads they have the same problems as the large heasinks cause audible disturbances.

[Super Nade]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

In all this, CapXCon caps seemed to have acquitted themselves rather nicely. I have not heard till date of any mishaps related to blown caps on the Bluestorm series. It has been what two years since the Bluestorm was released?

[gonzo0815]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

Well, i would not expect an early failure from the Capxon. I would assume, that they will fulfill their spec.
I personaly have not had any trouble with them. Shure, they are not a superspeced ultral low esr cap, but they work. IMHo there is no need for those LOW esr values a Panasonic FM would provides in a PSU. But that dosen`t held me off in replacing them all with FM`s with a little higher capacitance (1000uF >> 1200uF) in my Amacrox.
Only the 12v caps where not easy to replace with 10mm caps. therefore only two of four are replaced with 1500uF FM`s.

[willawake]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

dammit i thought my main pc was a goner.
came back to the house, breaker is tripped, APC ups is on overload alarm
now the pc doesnt boot with this bluestorm ii.

so i swapped it out and whew that was close.

the funny thing is that a bluestorm I in the office "died" recently and stayed dead and i left it then i was checking it for rma and the fucker started working again.

wtf with all this?

[gonzo0815]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

May be i have a similar problem like you with my Amacrox Free Earth 500 GLN.
Frome time to time, the 16A breaker automate is tripping, when i switch on my system from stand by (S3 mode).

I haven`t tracked it down up to now, as i am using a master slave outlet (switching on some speakers, TFT a portable DVD Burner) and have added some Transil surge protectors to the Amacrox PSU.

I if it will happen more often, i will track it down by simply bypassing the master slave box.
Any way, faulty APFC circuit would be a prime candidate for this problem.

[willawake]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

its the same psu isnt it?
this is not common for me though. it has been 100% good since months

i think i will get a seasonic and move this to a less critical system

[gonzo0815]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

It is the same PCB and design, but yours is probably the improved one (at least your output capacitors are 2200u, mine where all 1000Uf).

I have it in operation for about one or two years or even longer.
It is still in my main rig, i do have little concern, that it would brake anything there.

[willawake]

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well i switched it with the HEC in my media system cos if i want seasonic i have to order and i didnt have time. the Bluestorm II is completely dead

then i took the Bluestorm I from the office and put it in the media system, was working fine for one day. Today the media system wont turn on. whats going on?

visually these units look fine

[i4004]

Re: Fortron Blue Storm II FSP500-60GLN

breaker is tripped, APC ups is on overload alarm

sounds like sc on primary side of psu.
will you be troubleshooting it?
preserved that warranty sticker?