On Oct 4, 2004, at 12:21 PM, Lou Hailey wrote:
So this fool, & newbee to this list, blew out the 12V side of my 300W power supply. Great!!
Wonder if anyone on this list has suggestion for direct replacement, or maybe better, higher watt PS?
Am familiar with the swaplist, but thot I might check with folks in the know, first.
So far it seems just about any ATX supply will work?
Seems like it wouldn't hurt to go for a 400 to 500 Watt unit?
Is the 3/8" space over the PS enough room for double fanned jobbies?
Lou --
I think you've talked me out of doing any upgrading to mine. In order to maintain my obsolete but substantial investment in scanning hardware and software, I replaced the power supply in my PTP 250 with an off-the-shelf fifty-dollar (i'm pretty sure) job from Staples. Had to trim a little of the case with a Dremel tool to get a perfect seat but it fired right up and I haven't had a recurring problem with severely addled hard drives since I did the job.
I wish I'd saved the box, but I have no idea what the model, brand or specs were. Seems like this was 300 W, and it would've cost twice as much to go to a 4-500 W box.
cwr
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