The 'Hiper-Explosive' Club

willhub · 27 May 2007 at 17:19

Maybe everyone who's Hipers have died can post in here pics and details of exatly what has blown in it, then maybe we could decide what the problem is? Maybe its a certain type of components, and if everyone has the same one, then maybe thats why and maybe other batches of the Hipers are actually fine?

toxic · 27 May 2007 at 17:40

I guess i'm joining

kiwi1979 · 27 May 2007 at 20:04

My 580w modular died after 18 months of use. Luckily it didn't take anything with it.

pcmedicni · 28 May 2007 at 02:19

Chalk me up a dead one,580w Type R died a month ago after approx 15 months use.The lights were on just nobody home in the Hyper

zaza · 28 May 2007 at 02:52

I've had mine for around 14-15 months 580w, it's still going strong. Jeez, I never knew these were so bad...

Plasmoid · 29 May 2007 at 16:16

My Type r 4M580w non-modular just died.

At boot it up something went awry, it didnt boot up right and turned itself off after 2 seconds. There was a slight burn smell but no smoke or bang.
When i try to start it up, it runs all the pc components for about 4-5 seconds before switching off, but leaving all fans in the pc spinning. The fan in the psu itself doesnt spin, it just jumps a bit. After the 4 seconds the fan starts spinning.

13 months of near 24/7 operation under various loads... not bad imo.

Last week or two she was running hot, and the pc in general was a tad unstable temp wise.

Whats my next move, email hiper to setup an RMA. Im a little worried because the "Warrant void if removed" sticker got removed owing to it needing encouragment to slot into my case... i wonder will a picture of the bits of it stuck to my case do

alexakasloth · 29 May 2007 at 17:28

Woa, there must be at least 20 members in this club now lol!

w3bbo · 30 May 2007 at 11:56

A customer of mine has just had what appears to be a PSU failure - lights are on but nobodys home. Its a hiper type-R 580w (bought nov 2005).

RMA time

willhub · 30 May 2007 at 12:11

w3bbo said:
A customer of mine has just had what appears to be a PSU failure - lights are on but nobodys home. Its a hiper type-R 580w (bought nov 2005).

RMA time

Hiper need to recall all PSU's tbh.

pastymuncher · 30 May 2007 at 12:13

$loth said:
Woa, there must be at least 20 members in this club now lol!

There's a hell of a lot more people that have'nt posted in this thread. There were at least 13 failures posted on here in one week not so long ago.

Tee Hee Johnson · 31 May 2007 at 18:57

Looks like im the newest member....

I have a 580W Type R Modular, Shiney Chrome Silver one. Got 'HPU-4K580-MK V2' on the back

Its been working fine since my dad got it with his 2 6800Gts ages ago, and now i have it as he needed more power for his new system.

I have nothing to report tho, no noise, no clicks, fans are fine and computer always starts etc

Craig!!

willhub · 31 May 2007 at 19:20

craig_kennedy83 said:
Looks like im the newest member....

I have a 580W Type R Modular, Shiney Chrome Silver one. Got 'HPU-4K580-MK V2' on the back

Its been working fine since my dad got it with his 2 6800Gts ages ago, and now i have it as he needed more power for his new system.

I have nothing to report tho, no noise, no clicks, fans are fine and computer always starts etc

Craig!!

Your in the wrong club

You need to be in the hiper active club

uZi · 31 May 2007 at 19:23

Had a Hiper 580w modular fail on me - refused to boot my DFI NF4 as the 5v rail was too weak - replaced it with a Enermax liberty

Tee Hee Johnson · 31 May 2007 at 20:56

willhub said:
Your in the wrong club You need to be in the hiper active club

haha... there are 2 clubs... confuddled much!

wherever im meant to be ill go

Nikolic · 31 May 2007 at 22:18

This thread has worried me to say the least!

I've been running a Hiper 425W since Feb 05. Touchwood everything is okay with it!

firewallblocked · 5 Jun 2007 at 17:38

hiper type-R 580w has just blown up! I now feel like I have joined an elite club, where angels fear to tread. :eek:

Luckily I was in the garden at a friends house and we caught the whole thing on camera.

willhub · 5 Jun 2007 at 17:57

firewallblocked said:
hiper type-R 580w has just blown up! I now feel like I have joined an elite club, where angels fear to tread.

Luckily I was in the garden at a friends house and we caught the whole thing on camera.

That image looks like a house from emmerdale exploading.

El Jimben · 5 Jun 2007 at 18:17

I'm so glad that the 580W Type-R version was out of stock on the 2 occasions that I tried to order it

willhub · 5 Jun 2007 at 20:24

El Jimben said:
I'm so glad that the 580W Type-R version was out of stock on the 2 occasions that I tried to order it

You can have mine if you like?

Gethzemane · 6 Jun 2007 at 03:37

edit:- posted in the active club my 580 still working.