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Old 09-26-2005, 11:51 PM
DaveW
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Default Re: How Specific Does A Power Supply Need To Be?

The replacement PSU that you found should work fine in your system
electrically.

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DaveW
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"cyber0ne" <cyber0ne1@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1127696416.910677.244310@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a machine where (I believe) the power supply died. I'm looking
> to buy another one, but before I spend the money for a good power
> supply I'd like to know a little bit more about what I'm buying. Now,
> I'm not entirely familiar with the science behind the voltages/ampages
> (college was a long time ago and I only took 2 courses on the subject).
> But how specific do the volt/amp pairs need to be?
>
> The allegedly dead power supply is 350W. So I looked for a 350W power
> supply online, but the volt/amp pairs in the details of the product
> didn't match the ones on my power supply. Summary:
>
> Dead PSU:
> 115V - 8A/50-60Hz
> 230V - 4.5A/50-60Hz
> +5V - 30A
> +12V - 12A
> +3.3V - 20A
> -5V - 0.5A
> -12V - 0.8A
> +5VSB - 2A
>
> Possible New PSU:
> 115V - 10A/60Hz
> 230V - 6A/50Hz
> +5V - 26A
> +12V - 18A
> +3.3V - 20A
> -5V - 0.3A
> -12V - 0.8A
> +5VSB - 2A
>
> What do these differences mean, specifically? Are they terribly
> important, depending on the hardware in the machine? Any
> recommendations?
>
>
> Regards,
> David P. Donahue
> ddonahue@ccs.neu.edu
> http://www.cyber0ne.com
>




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