Corsair 400watt died can i return it?

[Green-Meanie]

i have a Corsiar 400wat what died the other day i dont think it was powerful enough
so can i return it for the 450watt model insted and pay the bit extra ?
i bought it like 5 weeks ago

pc specs
pailt 9600gt sonic
amd x2 5000+
2 - 1gb corsair 800mhz
Asus m3n78-am
(worked fine with me old DVD but the speed was like 8 or something )
so i bought a new one from a diffent place and think it took abit more power than my old DVD drive so my psu died

[Hicks12]

It should of been plenty. I would think its unlikely to get a upgrade as its older than a month but a replacement should be given.

[PeterStoba]

The CX400 should be able to power that easily, seems to be another reason for it's death, afaik you can RMA it and get a refund. Wait for one of the scan guys to post tomorrow though as i'm not 100%.

[Green-Meanie]

i know i thought it would of been powerful enough but obv not.
i tried it in my old pc and got nothing so i know its dead
and the rest of my pc is working fine
i took it to the place were i got my dvd drive from and used his psu and it turned on

[Saracen]

I agree with Peter, unless you're running a shedload of hard drives or something, that ought to have been plenty powerful enough.

Only an examination will tell, but if it's died, it doesn't sound like it was overloaded, or anywhere close to it. On the surface of it, it certainly sounds like you shouldn't have too much trouble getting it replaced, but whether Scan will substitute an upgraded unit or not? I can't see why not, but don't know what their policy is on such things.

However ..... it might depend on why the unit died. If the DVD had a fault that killed the PSU, it'll be down to whoever supplied the DVD. If it died because of something you did, such as sticking connectors in the wrong way round, it'll be down to you and you won't be covered at all. And if it was just a defective PSU component, which it may have been if it wouldn't take that load, you may just get it replaced or repaired.