Comments on: Adventures in PSU land

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:19:45 +0000

Surely the Gateway power supply would still have plugs coming out of it to connect it to a standard motherboard?
If so, just extend the power cables of the new power supply and sit it outside the Gateway case. That should keep you going until you eventually buy a new case and rebuild the computer.

By: Hendo

Hendo — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:53:16 +0000

Hey mate, Why don’t you get a cheap case with a PSU? Such things are not much more expensive than a PSU on its own, and you could easily trnsfer the guts of the old computer in an evening. You could even go a little upmarket and get a showcase – lights!

By: Phil Bevan

Phil Bevan — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:47:39 +0000

The hammer is your friend…. All you need is a hammer, and solder…. and sticky tape.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:46:54 +0000

The other issue was that the old PSU had a fan attached, which with a bit of plastic, guided the cool breeze down towards the CPU. The new PSU didn’t have a fan. Though I assume some new ones would have such a feature.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:41:34 +0000

I take it judicious application of tin-snips and pop-riviting wouldn’t have mounted the new PSU in the existing box?