[Thinkpad] OT: Cooked Desktop

[David Ross]

> Some desktop computers, notably Dell's, use power supplies that are
> physically but not electrically compatible with the ATX standard.

I think only Dell commits the atrocity of having a connecter that is ATX
standard shape/size but with different pinouts.  (I hope the genius who
thought of that is not one of the Dell people who moved to Lenovo!)
Some Compaqs have a proprietary 24 pin connector instead of the usual 20
pin one, but converters are widely available (eg, MyPCCase.com).  One of
the supplies we replaced last month was for a Compaq Presario, it had a
bog standard ATX pinout but I think I had to bend something to fit the
generic supply into the case.

David


 Other
> manufacturers (Hewlett Packard and eMachines come to mind), may use
power
> supplies with regular ATX connectors and pin-outs, but come in
non-standard
> sizes (usually micro-ATX).  It is important to replace the power
supply
> with the correct replacement type.  Failure to do so may cause
interesting
> things to occur.
>
> Many power supply manufacturers (Antec, PC Power & Cooling, Seasonic,
> Sparkle, Thermaltake, Vantec, etc.) can tell you whether or not one of
> their models will work with a particular brand and model of computer
or
> motherboard.
>
> Regards,
>
> Aryeh Goretsky
>
>
>
> At 10:00 AM 2/7/2007, you wrote:
>
> >Message: 5
> >Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:13:22 -0800
> >From: jberry at islandnet.com (Jonathan Berry)
> >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] MS software killed my drive ??
> >To: Thinkpad at stderr.org
> >Message-ID: <SPUyF5mip54U092yn at islandnet.com>
> >
> >OT : desktop
> >
> >My wife's PIII 900, about 6 years old, shut down with the smell
> >of burning electrical stuff.
> >
> >Coming to the scene about 4 minutes later, I found that the
> >power supply was hot, the HD was quite warm, and most
> >everything else was warm.  Powering up does nothing.  Not a
> >sound.
> >
> >So, my next step will be to replace the power supply with
> >one the same rating as the old one, and hope for the best?
> >Or should I do something else?
> >
> >--
> >happy
> >Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
>
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