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Razer Core Chroma keeps on tripping circuit

  • 8 January 2022
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Hi all, I am new to this forum! :)

I bought a Razer X Chroma one year ago for my razer blade stealth, to plug a AMD RX 5700 XT.

I quickly noticed that while starting the egpu, it often made the circuit breaker to instantly trip. I blamed the old electricity installation of my appartment and purchased a UPS to protect the hardware, and testing different sockets minimzed the issue. However, not only did the egpu keep on tripping from time to time, I also noticed that it often sparked significantly around the power button when flipping the switch (which did not necessarily provoke a circuit break).

I recently moved to a new appartment with a complete new electricity installation (the whole building has been finished in 2019) and here, the problem is even worse.

Has anybody experienced anything similar? I have tried a lot of things (deplug anything else, try different sockets or circuits, even sending back the egpu for a new one at the beggining) but I keep on having the very same issues. I just want to game without fearing for my whole setup each time I switch it on

Thank you!

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I too started having this problem a couple months ago. Before then, it worked fine for about a year.
Same problem here. Also with an AMD RX 5700 XT.
Also had sparks around the power button and now am scared to even turn it on.
Anyone with ideas for replacement PSUs for the Razer X Chroma? Preferably a quieter one?
I checked epu.io but the only topics I found there are for the Razer Core X...
Cheers!