Two Dead Antic P/S in a GA-EP35-DS3L. What should I know?

I built a system using an Antec EA380 and the computer was dead.

Took computer to a local repair shop and the tech told me that the P/S
was NG. He plugged in his P/S and the machine booted up.

I exchanged the EA 380 for a EA 420 and again it was dead.

What am I doung wrong here?

Thanks,

Bruce

"Bruce K." <bruceaknospam@optonline.net> wrote in message
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>I built a system using an Antec EA380 and the computer was dead.
>
> Took computer to a local repair shop and the tech told me that the P/S
> was NG. He plugged in his P/S and the machine booted up.
>
> I exchanged the EA 380 for a EA 420 and again it was dead.
>
> What am I doung wrong here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce

Ah DON'T BUY ANTEC ever again.

I bought expensive ANTEC PSU 2 years ago and in fact DOA.

I thought mobo failed or other stuff I exchange lot of hardware all no go it
turn out ANTEC DOA out of box.


ANTEC NEVER NEVER AGAIN

Wesley wrote:
> "Bruce K." <bruceaknospam@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:155a54932hp00qk1n9inj5momqk1laqki0@4ax.com...
>> I built a system using an Antec EA380 and the computer was dead.
>>
>> Took computer to a local repair shop and the tech told me that the P/S
>> was NG. He plugged in his P/S and the machine booted up.
>>
>> I exchanged the EA 380 for a EA 420 and again it was dead.
>>
>> What am I doung wrong here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bruce
>
> Ah DON'T BUY ANTEC ever again.
>
> I bought expensive ANTEC PSU 2 years ago and in fact DOA.
>
> I thought mobo failed or other stuff I exchange lot of hardware all no go it
> turn out ANTEC DOA out of box.
>
>
> ANTEC NEVER NEVER AGAIN
>
>
>
>
JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE WORTH ANYTHING!!!!!

You didn't say what you had connected to the MB and the computer in general
but in todays computer arena both of those PS units are pretty puny. I had
a 550 and when I upgraded to a very simular MB and quad core CPU the PS
became a 700 watt unit.

Don't know how much you are running but if you have a high powered CPU or
SLI/Crossfire running on your system a more heftly PS may be a good
consideration.

FWIW
Len

"Bruce K." <bruceaknospam@optonline.net> wrote in message
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>I built a system using an Antec EA380 and the computer was dead.
>
> Took computer to a local repair shop and the tech told me that the P/S
> was NG. He plugged in his P/S and the machine booted up.
>
> I exchanged the EA 380 for a EA 420 and again it was dead.
>
> What am I doung wrong here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce

Len Mattix wrote:
> You didn't say what you had connected to the MB and the computer in
> general but in todays computer arena both of those PS units are pretty
> puny. I had a 550 and when I upgraded to a very simular MB and quad
> core CPU the PS became a 700 watt unit.
>
> Don't know how much you are running but if you have a high powered CPU
> or SLI/Crossfire running on your system a more heftly PS may be a good
> consideration.
>
> FWIW
> Len
>
> "Bruce K." <bruceaknospam@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:155a54932hp00qk1n9inj5momqk1laqki0@4ax.com...
>> I built a system using an Antec EA380 and the computer was dead.
>>
>> Took computer to a local repair shop and the tech told me that the P/S
>> was NG. He plugged in his P/S and the machine booted up.
>>
>> I exchanged the EA 380 for a EA 420 and again it was dead.
>>
>> What am I doung wrong here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bruce
>
Weird.... I had exactly the same problem with Antec power supplies a few
days ago.