Corsair tx950w and Asus x58

[Zeroimpact]

Hi Ppl

Just a word of warning .... if you are looking at buying an Asus MB with the x58 chipset for the 1366SKT then DO NOT GET a Corsair TX950w PSU ....

They are not compatable with each other.... both Asus and Corsair knows about this issue.... I only found ou the hardway.

Got my self a whole new rig started installing windows 7 Pro x64, and after the install windows would just hang. At first I thought it was the OS so I tried my old Win XP same thing, then I Installed Ubuntu.... also just hanged.

I went on the net and found posts stating that there are issues between the MB and the PSU ...
Bull #@$@ ... I thought ... well after desperation I took my old 650W no name brand psu and guess what In 7 x64 installed just fine and worked .... so I took the corsair back and got a Zalman 1000w

Cheerio

[Neo]

Geesh dude I find this VERY hard to believe. Was it not maybe a single faulty PSU that you had? A PSU is either compatible completely or not at all. It either works or it doesn't. There's no way your motherboard is going to "know" the difference between a Corsair PSU and something else. They are not intelligent hardware parts...well...not on THAT level anyways.

[XeroS1x]

How strange is that. What do you mean by "compatibile" how do they "know" that they dont mix?

1000 PSU woah, thats like a kilawatt lol.

[Blackhand]

That is really weird. I'm thinking its more likely the PSU was faulty, I've never even heard of a power supply being incompatible!

[Zeroimpact]

Well thats just it I would agree that it sounds like a faulty PSU, but I tested it on my wifes PC which was just a Intel P4 with a Asus MB and running XP,
No issues .... but the web is full of the same issue I would have never believed it if I did not experienced it my self, or maybe it's an entire batch :
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthre...ighlight=tx950
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?p=443230
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...e-review-build
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/20...windows-screen

This is a response from corsair :
"We are currently investigating the issue with Asus, but at this point we have not been able to duplicate any problems."

[Neo]

Dude...you take the award for the weirdest PC Issue I've ever heard of. I'll definitely remember this one.

[Zeroimpact]

Dude...you take the award for the weirdest PC Issue I've ever heard of. I'll definitely remember this one.

Will that be gold or platinum plated ;-)

[jasong]

Yeah a friend of mine experienced similar issue with a corsair 850w/asus mobo or something like that.