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  • stretch0069
    Screwed Up Super Moderator
    • Oct 2003
    • 2658
    • oooo ess aaaaaaaaa

    #1

    Dead Antec

    Well....I guess it had to happen. The Sonata case came with a Smartpower 450. A couple days ago I noticed that the PC was off. Tried to turn it on.....no luck. No power no lights no nothing.

    Well...I just puled it out and opened it up. I have one obviously bulged cap. A Fuhjyyu. The rest are Teapos.



    Is it worth replacing the crap caps???? I'd like the practice of soldering, but I guess what I'm asking is the rest of the PS of good enough construction???


    not sure if its relevant, but another product made in china that has gone tits up prematurely.
    "Its all about the boom....."

    Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.

    We now return you to your regularly scheduled drinking.

    "Fear accompanies the possibility of death.....calm shepherds its certainty"

    Originally posted by Topcat
    AWD is just training wheels for RWD.
  • Logistics
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Apr 2007
    • 721
    • USA

    #2
    Re: Dead Antec

    Heck yes! Recap that som'biscuit!
    Presonus Audiobox USB, Schiit Magni 3, Sony MDR-V700

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    • Sparky
      High voltage
      • Jan 2007
      • 234
      • USA

      #3
      Re: Dead Antec

      The smartpower has teapos? Interesting, didn't know they did that.

      I would replace any and all fuhjyyu caps (may be more than one in there). The teapos are fine in a PSU. Other than the bad caps the antec PSUs are made well.

      Now if you get a truepower trio, quattro, earthwatts, neohe, or basiq you don't have crap caps anymore so antec is on my list of good PSUs again with those models.

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      • Spacedye69
        Badcaps Veteran
        • Nov 2005
        • 698
        • US

        #4
        Re: Dead Antec

        I like Antecs. I've found Fuhjyyu caps in many power other good vendors supplies. Most of them are bad caps, but very good supplies after a recap.

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        • Oklahoma Wolf
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Dec 2005
          • 353

          #5
          Re: Dead Antec

          CWT has actually used Teapo in quite a few builds for both Antec and themselves. They just used more Fuhjyyu than Teapo. My SL350 for example had a mix of Fuhjyyu and Teapo.

          The Phantoms were even weirder - they're often a mix of Fuhjyyu and Panasonic. Why they didn't just go all Aunt Panny in a fanless and semi fanless design is beyond me.

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          • stretch0069
            Screwed Up Super Moderator
            • Oct 2003
            • 2658
            • oooo ess aaaaaaaaa

            #6
            Re: Dead Antec

            Yeah...I got some caps on the way. I'll recap it and keep it in my RFI bin. I have one more of these PSs running a C2D board. This one that went was running my AMD dual core board.

            Ahhhhhh.......aren't 'tronics fun???
            "Its all about the boom....."

            Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.

            We now return you to your regularly scheduled drinking.

            "Fear accompanies the possibility of death.....calm shepherds its certainty"

            Originally posted by Topcat
            AWD is just training wheels for RWD.

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