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by Dougdeep
Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PC power supply - what's missing?
Replies: 6
Views: 2841

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 ...
by Dougdeep
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...