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- Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PC power supply - what's missing?
- Replies: 6
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Re: PC power supply - what's missing?
Thanks to all of you that replied. The really telling remark is that putting in the “missing” components won't make it better power supply – if the manufacturer is skimping on absent parts they likely skimped on present parts as well (low temperature ratings on filter caps for instance). Evaluating ...
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PC power supply - what's missing?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2841
PC power supply - what's missing?
I used to just toss defunct PC power supplies in the trash but the death of CompUSA and Circuit City has dwindled my sources of cheap replacements so I thought about repairing a few. Some fixes are obvious – bulging filter capacitors – but what I really noticed were the parts NOT being used. Schemat...