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Coolmax ZX-600 600W Power Supply - 600W, ATX, 80 Plus, 140mm computers and video games

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 15, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Feb 15, 2014the latest report was made
  • Feb 15, 2014the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Coolmax ZX-600 600W Power Supply - 600W, ATX, 80 Plus, 140mm
Maker
COOLMAXMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Computers and video gamesComputers, their equipment and electronic gamesCPSC’s product type: Computers (Equipment and Electronic Games) (code 557), in Electronics: Computers, Monitors, Projectors

By month

1 report from March 2013 to February 2014; the most in February 2014, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
February 20141

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Emergency room

    Made Feb 15, 2014, sent to the company Feb 25, 2014, published by CPSC Mar 12, 2014

    The product, in the report: Coolmax ZX-600 600W Power Supply - 600W, ATX, 80 Plus, 140mm Fan, NVIDIA SLI, ATI CrossFire MPN: ZX-600

    i purchased a Coolmax ZX series 600W power supply unit to work with my new video card.

    the thing caught fire smoke poured out bit irritated and hurt my sinuses and lungs and throat i wound up in kane hospital today

    incident happened on or about feb 14th

    it produced tremendous amounts of visible and audible arcs and tremendous amounts of rancid black smoke, filling my entire home in under 5 minutes.

    it coated all the internal computer components with black soot.

    gave me a migraine and made me very sick

    i had an allergic reaction triggering sinuses and asthma and now i am loosing my voice.

    i have never in 20+ years as a professional computer technician ever seen this kind of danger.

    these units are a potential hazard to anyone who purchases them and could indeed result in death.

    tiger direct is more then happy to refund my money on that unit and on the video card they will not pay for the hospital visit or for the damage to my new my NEW [REDACTED], that i worked very hard for.

    i am most disappointed.

    these units were manufactured in china and somehow slipped past quality control.

    i repeat these are a danger to anyone who uses them and proper use may result in permanant injury and or death.

    please i am not kidding. this could have burned my home down.

    or worse

    it did injur me.

    i do have photographic evidence of this.

    please anyone with one of these units that were on sale should be notified and they should be immediately recalled.

    Model
    ZX-600
    UPC
    895963145055
    Serial number
    HY120713006915
    Bought from
    www.tigerdirect.com
    Bought
    Jan 22, 2014
    Where
    Marienville, Pennsylvania: Mobile/Manufactured Home
    Who was involved
    Age 38, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Coolmax ZX-600 600W Power Supply - 600W, ATX, 80 Plus, 140mm, made or sold by COOLMAX
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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