PC Peripherals My Mumbai monsoon experience

[thexfactor]

Welcome back Eazy ... really missed you all these days ... could never imagine anything going wrong with your rig

the soldering on that antec looks really bad ... welcome to the corsair club

 

[Eazy]

Faulty Psu = High Electric bill ?

possible ?

NAH .... electricty units used is same as before ... electric supply company doubled rates ... what was a 2 month bill is now a one month bill Now we spend more on Electricity then on any other item in monthly expense .. all my computer upgrade plans stand cancelled.

@medpal.... in my 24 years of computing this is the first PSU to die on me in such a fashion I had read in forums about this potential exploding problem with the TPII 550 PSU.

@bikey ... YUP even my Antec was getting hot in summer.... the first indication I had I may be having problems with the PSU was that the power switch at the back of PSU started making crackling sounds when touched. Hmmmmm .... I think the wires on this switch may have shorted with a BANG ....

 

[XTerminator]

Hmm...that was bad..

But well its nice to know other components were fine. I also did have a PSU problem long back with one of my old comps...and I had smoke coming out from the back:rofl: That was some sight!!!! hehehe, now I can laugh at it, but at the very instant it was more like a heart attack

And, I was lucky that no other component was effected :bleh:

And, being so close to the sea has its own disadvantages. I had to get my Samsung UCCC RAM replaced shortly after I bought it as one of them it seems, had gone bad due to humidity when my house was closed for a few days that I was away.

Now I make it a point to keep the comp on for atleast 6 hrs a day:bleh: Ofcourse in 3 shifts of 2 hrs each
I really cant keep it on for more than that due to some visiting relatives!!!
BTW, welcome back

 

[Eazy]

at the very instant it was more like a heart attack

Now I make it a point to keep the comp on for atleast 6 hrs a day:bleh: Ofcourse in 3 shifts of 2 hrs each

BTW, welcome back

GREAT to be BACK !!

YUP I had one of those heart thingies too when my PSU went BOOM

Take care with the starting and stopping and restarting of PC .... my problem happened when as usual I shut PC at lunch time and when I powered on around 3 hours later - it had rained a lot that afternoon and there must have been an arc caused my extreme moisture between 2 points in PSU

Now as long as the humidity levels is over 70% I have started switching on PC around 6 AM when I get up to switch off AC and I leave the PC on for full day till I switch on AC at night around 10 PM. This way no moisture can accumulate in PC.... fingers crossed ...

 

[TheMask]

^ Good to see u back mate! :hap2:

 

[Aditya]

Well.. Bad Luck... and congrats both .

I never open my windows, for the same reason, and I run my AC (w/ Air cleaning mode) which is supposed to clear humidity from the air. . Ofcourse, not the whole day though :/.

 

[Eazy]

I never open my windows, for the same reason, and I run my AC (w/ Air cleaning mode) which is supposed to clear humidity from the air. . Ofcourse, not the whole day though :/.

My OGeneral AC has a dry mode which reduces the humidity level down to below 50% from the "stock" level which is around 80% these days - but when the AC is switched off and the windows and doors are opened the moisture rushes into the room and forms droplets on all surfaces - this is the PC KILLER !!! :O ..... needless to say I never use my AC in this "dry" mode.

@TheMask ... HEY BUD !!!