Is this a cheap power supply?

[Boul]

Geez, I spent 6 months researching all my hardware, to make sure I was getting primo stuff, but I still got the shaft. Who knew there was more than wattage to power supply?

I even researched the case (Aopen Hx08 full tower) and was reassured when I saw it sported a 300W power supply. Now it turns out the Aopen PS is a piece of crap, cause I can't get the magic 0.5A at -5V to get my rainbow runner detected (notice I did not say working...)

Of all the people who had to change their PS to get their RR-G working, were they all Aopen? So far I've looked at 3 cheapo brands (250W) and they ALL have 0.5A at -5V. So did I get the only PS that doesn't work with the rainbow runner?

[DrMordrid]

I don't have a RR-G but one of my previous cases had one that popped after just 4 months. The one that followed it had such bad fluctuations in it's output it was gone in a week.

It seems that there is no such thing as manufacturing standards when it comes to power supplies.

Dr. Mordrid

[Walrus]

I have to agree with DrMordid. All of my power supplies have been no-namers (well.. except for a InWin 235watter, which I haven't yet tested with a RRG as I now have a Marvel) and the ability for a RRG to be detected on a Abit board seems to be fairly random. Though I've never seen a power supply that would prevent an ASUS board from detecting a RRG.

[Boul]

Well thats what i thought, until some guy with a P2B board told me he was having the same problems as I was. So "undetection" of the RR-G does not seem exclusive to ABIT boards. So far, we have contenders with INTEL and MSI boards. Any takers for EPOX and SOYO?

This is getting worse by the minute...

[Walrus]

Boul: Well I can't speak for the guy with the P2B board, but my RRG was perfectly fine on a ASUS P5A board and generic 250Watt power supply. When I moved to an Abit PB6, I suddenly had the non-detected RRG problems. As soon as I switched over to another generic 300 Watt PS, the problems went away with the Abit board. I guess the person you were talking with had an odd-ball Asus board. However, judging from my own experience and from reading others posts on here, Abits seem to be the most likely to fail with a RRG.