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| Thread ID: 48140 | 2004-08-15 05:02:00 | Dead PSU in a Gateway - any ideas? | robo (205) | Press F1 |
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| 261922 | 2004-08-15 05:02:00 | Hi there My stepmother's desktop is a Gateway, about four years old. All of a sudden you push the button and nothing happens. Power is fine. Switch seems okay to feel (but that isn't totally reliable). Opened up the PSU and there is a definite dark patch on the circuit board around one or two smaller capacitors. I think it's a gonner. Now, is it worthwhile trying to get the power supply repaired? What chance have I of finding a matching PSU that would fit (form factor is quite small). Given that Gateway left town some time ago, there isn't much hope in that direction. It's a Celeron, not sure how fast, but does the trick for her, so replacement of machine isn't really called for. Anyone got any useful suggestions as to who I should call or take it to? robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 261923 | 2004-08-15 05:04:00 | Maybe you could get one of those PSUs they use in Shuttles or in Compaq small form factor desktop machines. | kiki (762) | ||
| 261924 | 2004-08-15 05:10:00 | A new case perhaps Robo? Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 261925 | 2004-08-15 05:16:00 | In all honesty you can probally buy a replacement box with a brand new install of W2k for less then the cost of the PSU,certainly for less effort. Get an ex-lease C700, with 196mb ram for a couple a hundred. |
metla (154) | ||
| 261926 | 2004-08-15 06:51:00 | All you need is someone with the same model, with a blown motherboard... ring around the local pc shops?? Might have the same model case lying around? | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 261927 | 2004-08-15 07:05:00 | Hi Rob I have a spare PSU out of a working Gateway PC that I dismantled about a month ago - it was not a SFF case but the PSU is a Newton Power Ltd, model number NPS-200PB-96. I'm sure you have access to my e-mail address if this is the same model number as yours - e-mail me if you want. Not sure of the age of the PSU but it came out of a box running a P3 600Mhz processor. Andrew |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 261928 | 2004-08-15 09:34:00 | I will check the model number, thank you. But an ex-lease machine would probably be the business (good idea, Metla), I hadn't considered that. Getting data off it wouldn't be too bad, there is sod all on it. Thanks, everyone robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 261929 | 2004-08-15 11:06:00 | well to be honest,i keep a stack of them nearby for when i tell people the cost of fixing there brand name comps,takes only a few minutes to transfer over there data,set up there email and send them on there way,usually with a better comp then the one they sought to get repaired. | metla (154) | ||
| 261930 | 2004-08-15 11:10:00 | On that point, how do we go about getting ex-lease PCs? Do we call the leasers directly? Or do they prefer not to tell us... | Growly (6) | ||
| 261931 | 2004-08-15 11:18:00 | You buy them at Auction by the palletload,Problem with that is you may buy an entire pallet load of dead or defective comps. There is one firm that i know of who do online auctions for them but the prices are not the greatest,otherwise most major auction companies sell off ex-lease comps. Look up turers auctions site,they do dedicated computer auctions. Still,buying through those channels can be risky,you never know quite what your getting and what condition it will be in. The ones i get in come from a supplier and are a few levels above most,having been checked over and had a brand new install of w2k with sp4,its a case of turning them on,entering in the serial and awaaaaaaaaaay you go. |
metla (154) | ||
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