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Jun 14^th, 2004 at 8:56am

valo1030 Offline
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question:..i would like to replace my power supply unit, but since i have an HP i'm told that you can only get a new one from HP, since off the shelf psu's wont fit, etc. right now my psu is 250w...want to go to ay least 400w, due to all the upgrades made to my original unit...my specs; 2.6 cpu, radeon 9800xt 256, 2gig of ram and additional fan cooling. why cant i somehow bypass the original 250w unit in the case with an external so i can use after psu any thoughts or info on this subject would be much appreciated.......keep em flyin

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Reply #1 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 12:10pm

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Measure one up yourself. HP may be trying to con you out of your money.....
Dan

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Reply #2 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 2:07pm

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Can you take your old PSU out, take it to your local Computer Retail shop and ask their advice...?
The physical size, fixing holes and plugs have to exactly match your original PSU.. Wink

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By the way, with my spec below, I had to get a 550Watt, dual fan, power supply for cool running, reliability and stability... Shocked

...!

Cheers...!

Paul.

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #3 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 2:35pm

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Looks at siggy:

Quote:

Medium size weener*

Oh! I wondered what the purpose of that was!! Shocked

???
Dan G

*You dirty ole man!!!!!!!! Wink

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Reply #4 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 2:47pm

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Quote:

Looks at siggy:

Oh! I wondered what the purpose of that was!! Shocked

???
Dan G

*You dirty ole man!!!!!!!! Wink

Hi Dan...!

Ya gotta 'ave a larf, aint-ya....LOL...LOL...LOL... Grin

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Cheers Mate... Grin

...!

Paul.

It makes a pleasant change from trying, and failing, to get some textures to cover my NDB Shack in FSSC.... Cry

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LOL...!

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #5 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 3:11pm

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Buy a descent one too, dont get a cheap nasty one!

I got an Antec Truepower 480w and have quite a high end machine (Not AMD64 though Cry

) Never have any stability probs etc all runs just fine Grin

Gonna be even better when my 6800u turns up! Im gonna be able to see proper clouds in FS9 Grin

My Spec

K7N2 Delta ILSR
1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings at 5.2.2.2
XP2800+ Barton @2255MHz
GF4-Ti4600 128ddr Manages to get me 12595 on 3dMarks01 Grin

80gig HDD
52x CD-rom
CDRW-combo thingy Plextor i think

AMD64 3500+ @ 2200MHz 400FSB&&MSI K8N Neo 2 mobo nForce3 chipset&&1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings @ 10.2.2.2 &&XFX 6800 Ultra @ 450/1200&&80gig HDD&&Loadsa fans!!!

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Reply #6 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 3:16pm

Dan Offline
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Its better than mine!
PIII 500MHZ, 128SDRAM, Riva TNT2 Pro

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Reply #7 - Jun 14^th, 2004 at 10:43pm

Brett_Henderson Ex Member
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New cases with power-supplies aren't much more expensive than just a power-supply..

Go that route and just swap ALL the hardware over..

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Reply #8 - Jun 15^th, 2004 at 1:19am

valo1030 Offline
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ok guys, thanx...you are all correct...no biggie whatso ever..replaced my psu with a 430w "true power"...btw..anyone out there ...if you recently upgraded to a super vid card, such as ati9800 series, or nvidea etc,keep in mind that standard 250 w is ng...need to upgrade...again ...thanx

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Reply #9 - Jun 15^th, 2004 at 4:10pm

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if its an ATX case, any ATX PS should fit.

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