Raidmax Volcano 630 Watt Power Supply - Installation
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Installation
Installation is super easy, as it should be for any power supply. Simply unplug your old power supply (assuming this isn’t a brand new setup) from the motherboard and all of your drives. Then unscrew the old PSU from the back of your case and pull it out. Now it’s time to stick the Raidmax Volcano in.
Take a look at the modular outlets above. It’s fantastic that everything is able to be unplugged, but is it really necessary for the 24-pin power to be modular? I can’t think of any setup where it would need to be unplugged. That aside, you can see a little extra plug next to the 24-pin power that says “sensor.” This is where you attach the tiny plug that dangled from the one end of the cable (on the last page). Plugging this into the PSU is supposed to help it to monitor voltages and keep them stable. This is something you’ll want to be sure to plug in, since everyone wants stable volts.
All the other plugs are very recognizable, and it’s really tough to mess up installation on things that can only be plugged into the correct place.
With the power supply screwed into place in my case, the text is upside down. That’s okay, I read it already. The big power connector gets relegated to the back of the case, which is very helpful. It stays out of the way as I plug and unplug the smaller connectors.
You can also see the flame vents on the side there, where the internal lights will be shining through. The vent in the bottom of the power supply, which sucks up your hot CPU air, also lights up your mainboard. I’ll show you a picture of that later.
Finally, here’s what the power supply looks like on the back of the case, screwed in and tuned on. This light will make the wall behind your computer glow blue.
Let me just point out here that I think it’s odd a Volcano glows blue rather than red. Red lights would have really added to the flame theme, but Raidmax seems to like blue lights in most of their products. I’m not complaining, since it looks nice this way too. This definitely isn't a hot power supply either, so the ice blue kind of makes sense.
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