Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

[KenOlson]

Have a Dell 2300 PSU model PH-P2037F3 Rev:H02 searched the forum using both the model number and "Dell 2300 Power Supply" but got "no matches" for all my searches.

Checked the Internet but have only found parts sites like http://www.txcesssurplus.com/servlet...on-2300/Detail

Hope someone may have either good or bad experience with this PSU.

Ken

[lti]

Re: Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

There may be bad caps. Hipro used many cap brands, and some are worse than others.

Also, make sure the fan control thermistor is pushed against the heatsink. I have the 250W version of that power supply, and the thermistor is supposed to sit inside a metal clip. Compare the third image in this post with the second image in this post. The round blue component near the edge of the heatsink is the thermistor. In the second post, the thermistor fell out of the clip, causing the fan to stop running.

[370forlife]

Re: Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

A lot of these hipro made dell power supplies have either Asiacon or Ark brand caps which fail often. Other than that these power supplies are tanks, a simple recap and they will last forever.

[kaboom]

Re: Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

either Asiacon or Ark caps

Doesn't surprise me at all. D/Hell would specify that.


Get all that trash outta there and you'll never have to worry about it. It is a Hipro after all.

[370forlife]

Re: Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

They brought us this mother:

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...ighlight=hipro

[lti]

Re: Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

Almost all Hipro power supplies have crappy caps. The best cap brand they normally use is Teapo. That 700W is an exception.

I have taken apart two Hipro power supplies, and the fan control thermistor was not touching the heatsink in either of them. They also use crappy fans. Most of them use an Adda sleeve bearing fan, but the Hipro power supply in my old Compaq had a Minebea ball bearing fan that was very loud and didn't move much air. I wouldn't say that they are "tanks" after only recapping them.