Power Supply

Hi,

Some one has told me to acquire the same power supply as my problematic 3yr.
old power supply.

Now this power supply (the old one) is very hard to find and is wiped away
by the newer models.

Would my friend be telling me to find something with similiar specs. (i.e.
the wattage) or an exact replica of my old supply?

In other words do I only have to look for power supplies with the same
wattage or have they got other properties such as processor type and
motherboard type which influence their successful operation.

Thanks alot.

Radith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some one has told me to acquire the same power supply as my problematic 3yr.
> old power supply.
>
> Now this power supply (the old one) is very hard to find and is wiped away
> by the newer models.
>
> Would my friend be telling me to find something with similiar specs. (i.e.
> the wattage) or an exact replica of my old supply?
>
> In other words do I only have to look for power supplies with the same
> wattage or have they got other properties such as processor type and
> motherboard type which influence their successful operation.
>
> Thanks alot.
>
>
If your powersupply is from the AT time then it would be hard to find.
But if u can use a ATX-PSU then the type doesn't matter aslong as it
fits, both in dimensions and connectors, you will be fine.

Chris

"Radith" <radith@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:044De.1683$PL5.194027@news.xtra.co.nz...
> Hi,
>
> Some one has told me to acquire the same power supply as my problematic
> 3yr. old power supply.
>
> Now this power supply (the old one) is very hard to find and is wiped away
> by the newer models.
>
> Would my friend be telling me to find something with similiar specs. (i.e.
> the wattage) or an exact replica of my old supply?
>
> In other words do I only have to look for power supplies with the same
> wattage or have they got other properties such as processor type and
> motherboard type which influence their successful operation.
>
> Thanks alot.

Generally speaking the power supply is not tied to a specific processor
type, but the newer processors do require more power, so you need bigger
power supplies for newer PCs (300w +). For a typical 3yr old PC a 300w power
supply should do. All you need to worry about is what type of connectors it
has - you might not be interested in the new SATA (hard disk) connectors for
example. They are normally a standard physical size, so should fit in your
case (as long as your existing one is a standard size). You might want to
consider a quiet or silent power supply if you are buying new as peace and
quiet is very welcome when you work on the PC all day long! You tend to get
what you pay for as well - cheap and cheerful will be noisy and possibly not
quite as powerful as it claims, but for 1 hard disk, 1 DVD / CD and an early
Athlon XP era PC, most of the cheap power supplies out there should be fine.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:53:07 +1200, "Radith"
<radith@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Some one has told me to acquire the same power supply as my problematic 3yr.
>old power supply.

Did they say why?
What make, model and type is it?
What system was it in? A brief description of the system
might help.


>
>Now this power supply (the old one) is very hard to find and is wiped away
>by the newer models.

We need more details.


>
>Would my friend be telling me to find something with similiar specs. (i.e.
>the wattage) or an exact replica of my old supply?

For the moment, just ignore what the friend told you, give
us the info then see if we reach the same conclusion.


>
>In other words do I only have to look for power supplies with the same
>wattage or have they got other properties such as processor type and
>motherboard type which influence their successful operation.


Motherboard type can matter, as can wattage, as can the
validity of the wattage rating (there are a lot of
questionable ratings systems that differ in how they arrive
at a stated wattage).

If your original PSU was generic, that's probably a large
part of the reason why it has failed already. If that is
the case, you should definitely not get the exact same thing
again.

"Chris van Bladel" <chbEDmicrofixPUNTnl> wrote in message
news:ofkibd.tfm.ln@192.168.42.1...
>>
>>
> If your powersupply is from the AT time then it would be hard to find. But
> if u can use a ATX-PSU then the type doesn't matter aslong as it fits,
> both in dimensions and connectors, you will be fine.
>

Not if the motherboard is from an <2000 Dell.

ss.

Synapse Syndrome wrote:

> Not if the motherboard is from an <2000 Dell.
>
> ss.
>
>

Auwtch, you got me there. Thats right, not if you have a Dell, or some
Compaq Evo desktop.

Forgot about those PSU *bangs head against wall*

:-)

Chris