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<blockquote data-quote="mmf" data-source="post: 275282" data-attributes="member: 55662">Hello everyone,today I got my Technotrend Budget S2-3200 PCI DVB-S2 - Card delivered and installed it right away. But to my surprise my power supply just started making a screeching noise and a very nice fireworks effect - BAMM <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" />Yeah, you would say - PSUs don't explode - but I openend it, and a chip inside the PSU really blew up <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Just wanted to see if someone experienced the same issues with this card. I think the card was operating outside the PCI-specifications, and drew to much power over the PCI-bus. (Please don't bother to tell me about proper installation, or that the PSU was not able to handle the second card - it was an Amacrox FreeEarth 350 watts psu for an configuration that needed 120 watts when fully loaded <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />)Update: With a new PSU, the card works perfect. Maybe the old PSU was damaged beforehand after all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; (just wanted to tell this story <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmf, post: 275282, member: 55662"] Hello everyone, today I got my Technotrend Budget S2-3200 PCI DVB-S2 - Card delivered and installed it right away. But to my surprise my power supply just started making a screeching noise and a very nice fireworks effect - BAMM :growl: Yeah, you would say - PSUs don't explode - but I openend it, and a chip inside the PSU really blew up :D Just wanted to see if someone experienced the same issues with this card. I think the card was operating outside the PCI-specifications, and drew to much power over the PCI-bus. (Please don't bother to tell me about proper installation, or that the PSU was not able to handle the second card - it was an Amacrox FreeEarth 350 watts psu for an configuration that needed 120 watts when fully loaded :rolleyes:) [COLOR="Red"]Update:[/COLOR] With a new PSU, the card works perfect. Maybe the old PSU was damaged beforehand after all :D :thx: (just wanted to tell this story ;) ) [/QUOTE]

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