250w FSP - worth rebuilding?

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  • weirdlookinguy
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    • Sep 2007
    • 1638
    #1

    250w FSP - worth rebuilding?

    I am not very fond of FSP power supplies, so I ask the opinion of all ye PSU gurus: is a 250w, 5v-based FSP without OCP worth a recap and new fan?

    It came out of a 2003 Gateway P4 system that I had in for bad RAM. It is running but it has a few slightly domed Teapos. Customer wants to squeeze a few more years out of that PC so I replaced it with a nice 80+ Bronze 300w Seasonic. They told me I could have the old one.

    Recap it and put a new fan in, or deep six it? I can take pictures if you guys think this is worth pursuing.
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    • c_hegge
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      • Sep 2009
      • 5219
      • Australia
      #2
      Re: 250w FSP - worth rebuilding?

      Internal pic? If it's looks half-decent I'd fix it. as it might be good for a skt. A system which is 5v heavy.
      I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

      No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

      Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

      Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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        • everell
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          • Jan 2009
          • 1514
          • USA
          #3
          Re: 250w FSP - worth rebuilding?

          Is it possible that it could be worse than a Bestec ATX-250 12E? Some pictures will help us to decide! Pictures please.
          Old proverb say.........If you shoot at nothing, you will hit nothing (George Henry 10-14-11)

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            • weirdlookinguy
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              • Sep 2007
              • 1638
              #4
              Re: 250w FSP - worth rebuilding?

              I will put up a few good pictures tonight when I get home. When it was still in the customer's PC, all voltages checked out OK including 5vsb.

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                • weirdlookinguy
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 1638
                  #5
                  Re: 250w FSP - worth rebuilding?

                  Hey all. Have decided against rebuilding it, as the money would be much better spent improving the PSU in my main machine that sees at least 12 hours of power on time a day. I will be starting a new thread soon.

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                    • everell
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                      • Jan 2009
                      • 1514
                      • USA
                      #6
                      Re: 250w FSP - worth rebuilding?

                      Post some pictures anyway - that way we can all talk about it.
                      Old proverb say.........If you shoot at nothing, you will hit nothing (George Henry 10-14-11)

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