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  • Evil Lurker
    Warranty Voider
    • Feb 2011
    • 454

    #21
    Re: This doesn't even belong in the hall of shame.

    Eh, I get PSU's either at the recycling scrapyard or from a couple local computer shops. With the ones I get from the scrapyard I pay per lb usually meaning .30-50¢ USD each. Normally I'd have left that Sunpower for the shredder but since it was such a wimpy piece of shit I just HAD to take it home and put a picture of it on the internet. As of right now the PSU has been gutted of parts (pretty damn bare to begin with) and the remainder in the morgue in case there is something that I missed... ain't worth fooling with IMO. I have lots more candidates better qualified for rebuilding.

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    • Th3_uN1Qu3
      Believe in
      • Jul 2010
      • 6031
      • Romania

      #22
      Re: This doesn't even belong in the hall of shame.

      True, some things are just junk. I've also given up on the one i was talking about - looks like too much work for something i don't need anyway. I will focus on the Hipros.
      Originally posted by PeteS in CA
      Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
      A working TV? How boring!

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