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| Thread ID: 45026 | 2004-05-06 23:21:00 | 200w Power supply - any use? | tbacon_nz (865) | Press F1 |
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| 234858 | 2004-05-06 23:21:00 | I've just dismantled/scrapped/recycled a v. old PC and I wondered if the power supply is useful for anything these days, either inside or outside a PC? | tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 234859 | 2004-05-07 00:24:00 | Always handy to have such things around but will struggle to keep up with todays spec's when periferals like printers, scanners, drives, etc are added. Could be handy for a mini form factor PC though. Will very much depend on the quality of the unit, some of the 4-500W rated PSU's are not up to a good quality 3-350W PSU's standard of suppy but, it isn't really my area (if anything is ;) ) Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 234860 | 2004-05-07 02:12:00 | You could make a cheap home entertainment centre. Have a look a This Post, (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) just add an old car radio and a couple of speakers, put it all in a recycled small tower case and Bob's your uncle. Cheers Billy 8-{) :D There would even be enough power to spare for a small reading lamp |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 234861 | 2004-05-07 05:07:00 | Yeah, Billy T, it looked like a great project - probably a bit outside my skillset. I can probably do assembly of stuff, but put a multimeter in my hands and I'd be getting nervous :D | tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 234862 | 2004-05-07 05:10:00 | If ita an AT psu then it may be worth firing away somewhere incase the need for one arises,if its atx i wouldn't bother,they are as common as muck and an under powered unit thats had most of the life worked out of it isn't worth installing back into any computer | metla (154) | ||
| 234863 | 2004-05-07 06:10:00 | I'm pretty sure it will be an AT PSU - how can I tell by looking at it? | tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 234864 | 2004-05-07 06:12:00 | It will have 2 plugs to go into the motherboard,atx only has the one. Should also say on the label. |
metla (154) | ||
| 234865 | 2004-05-07 06:31:00 | Well low power psu's arent completely useless, the one in the computer im using right now is 235W and its currently feeding a cdrw a dvd 2 hard disks an fdd a usb1.1 hub, joystick, webcam, keyboard, mouse, 56k modem, LAN card and wLAN card, so they're still usable! | RobbyW (5226) | ||
| 234866 | 2004-05-07 06:31:00 | Hmmm, It doesn't say on the label. Are the motherboard plugs the ones that say P8 and P9? | tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 234867 | 2004-05-08 23:29:00 | Im not sure! My PSU only has p1 through p7, with p1 being the only one that connects to the mobo | RobbyW (5226) | ||
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