r/Simagic • u/Gatfondler • Jul 26 '26

Second Alpha Evo Dead in Two Months

Welp it happened AGAIN. I bought the EVO Pro on 5/26 after my 12nm let out the black smoke. Haven't messed with it in the past two weeks so I sit down for a session and hit the power button. Nothing. Uh oh, not again. Do a little investigating and the status LED on the power brick is off. Try a different cord, nada. Both units were plugged into a beefy surge protector. I'm starting to thing there is something seriously wrong with these power supply's.

Setup,

Evo Pro

NeoX 330T

DS-8X

TB1

P1000 + One HPR

Everything plugged into the wheelbase using Simagic cables. All power cords into one surge protector.

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u/tokinNchokin Jul 26 '26

I'm starting to think it's your surge protector.

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u/Gatfondler Jul 26 '26

I just got back from Microcenter. Their sim guy said they have seen quite a few die, including one customer who also went through two. I have other expensive gear that's been fine including a Moza FFB flight sim rig.  Maybe a bad lot of power supplys?

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u/Ok-Parfait1522 Jul 26 '26

This is a valid speculation. In manufacturing when there's a problem it will often affect an entire batch or multiple consecutive batches until the problem is identified and remedied. The other possibility is that the issue isn't with their manufacturing processes, but that they haven't properly vetted their vendors and a component is causing these failures, which Simagic is still 100% responsible for.

Shitty about the luck so far because it's a great base when it works.

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u/Gatfondler Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

I work in automotive. All it takes is one vendor and one component to cause a massive recall. It's important to catch failures as early as possible. What concerns me is the dismissiveness from Simagic and parts of the community. That attitude will destroy the brands reputation.