First I hope I'm posting in the right place. I have a Dell Optiplex GX 150 that was DOA when I bought it on the cheap used. The PSU was dead. Well I got it up and running with another "Junk Parts" PSU. Kc8adu fixed up the little trashed Dell 200 watt PSU for me, and did a wonderful job of it too. In the last two weeks the PSU started running very hot. It heated the optical drives so badly that the Sony DRU-800-A would crash on most DVD burns for unknown reasons. I think some other part or parts in the PSU are failing now. I think all the fans are blowing ok. I'm not the person to take it apart and do magic things to it like Kc can. My question is about my other Junk PSU. I replaced the Dell unit with A Hipro HP-235-NLAXK Rev.01. Is this unit on the Badcaps list of Pig PSU's? Since the PC is running very cool with it, and the bogus burn errors are fixed I just want to leave it in there. Hell the Dell PSU may be a bigger pig than the Hipro. The Hipro is old too. It was in my AMD K6/2 450mhz system. I did take its cover off and the caps looked good in the Hipro so what do you think?
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"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
Mark Twain
"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
John Paul Jones
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
Rod Serling -
The Sick Dell PSU Model Is
I left out some facts above. The Dell PSU is made by LiteOn. Its a model PS-5201-8D1. The magic look up number is E132068."It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
Mark Twain
"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
John Paul Jones
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
Rod Serling -
Re: Sick Dell Gx 150 PSU
Hipro PSUs in Dell P4-class machines have been found with bad caps, mostly Arcon and Asiacon brands. They usually work fine after a recap. You can check your PSU for bad caps and recap if necessary.Comment
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