Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

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  • KenOlson
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2011
    • 81
    #1

    Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

    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
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    • lti
      Badcaps Legend
      • May 2011
      • 2558
      • United States
      #2
      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.

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        • 370forlife
          Large Marge
          • Aug 2008
          • 3113
          • United States
          #3
          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.

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            • kaboom
              "Oh, Grouchy!"
              • Jan 2011
              • 2507
              • USA
              #4
              Re: Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

              Originally posted by 370forlife
              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.
              "pokemon go... to hell!"

              EOL it...
              Originally posted by shango066
              All style and no substance.
              Originally posted by smashstuff30
              guilty,guilty,guilty,guilty!
              guilty of being cheap-made!

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                • 370forlife
                  Large Marge
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 3113
                  • United States
                  #5
                  Re: Dell 2300 PSU Experience?

                  They brought us this mother:

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

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                    • lti
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • May 2011
                      • 2558
                      • United States
                      #6
                      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.
                      Last edited by lti; 07-11-2011, 05:26 PM.

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