Re: Yet another victim of Antec! Q about cap replacement or RMA

BTW, one bad fire for every 10000 faulty power supplies - is probably underestimating the problem. Lots of people leave their computers on overnight, and won't be awake and ready to put out the fires these things start. Electrical faults in appliances ARE a common cause of domestic fires. And here we have... Antec... which is likely causing many more than its fair share due to penny-pinching and negligence.

Re: Yet another victim of Antec! Q about cap replacement or RMA

Minor mistake:

Just above I said: "So lets say JUST 2% of Antec's 2 million power supplies each year were faulty. Thats 100,000 bad power supplies... That means Antec are burning down 4 houses every per year."

Minor error there - caused by the fact that I initially suggested 5%, which would be 100,000 faulty power supplies, and 10 houses per year. Then changed to 2% instead, and 4 houses... But forgot to lower the 100,000 to 40,000.

So it should've read 2% of 2...

Re: Yet another victim of Antec! Q about cap replacement or RMA


Not quite
Its more like, if you get bit, and you die, then we'll send your Next of Kin another free bottle of snake attracting and aggression-enhancing pheromones

This AntecRep guy just doesn't seem to get it, does he. In my experience, 2 out of 3 is not a small percentage. if I could take a look at my truepower, i'd probably find it is 3 out of 3 with bad caps. And, by the sounds of it, this appalling ratio is quite typical of the Antec power supplies that were made before the new...

Re: Yet another victim of Antec! Q about cap replacement or RMA

Well Well Well... hellooooo Mr AntecRep:
"The SmartPowers were the quiet home-user model designed for people who turned on their computers for a few hours per day."

As others have stated, this information should have been prominently displayed in all advertising and product specifications. The contempt that this company has shown for its customers is breathtaking...

My brother had one of those Antec "Smart"powers in a Sonata case. One day he smelled the delicious...