New here, figured I'd post some pics of 2 power supplies that worked great for years, put into storage as known good, then pulled out and might have helped kill a video card (S3 virge) and 2 hard drives (deathstar 80g and maxtor 40g)
I'm decent with electronics, but havent touched any in years and my soldering skills arn't the best. Was looking to do some practive and try and refresh these guys.
Interesting tidbit: I got both of these from a PC graveyard. Yes, a grave yard. They were in pc's that had been stored outside for years on 1/4 acre of land. As i was broke, i picked them out, plugged them in, and used them for well over a year without any trouble whatsoever.
First one's an LP-6100D:
Big ones look ok (Input's, IIRC) tho no lids. Others look ok to my untrained eye:
But I found this, seems something should be here and melted, tho there was nothing rattling around in the case and no magic smoke:
The next one, as with the first, ive read some good and bad posts here about. Seems over-enginneered and overbuilt, but this is the one I'm positive killed the s3 virge and the deathstar:
Input caps look good (though no vent):
Top view. I'd really like to rebuild this, but the complexity seems a bit too much and the spaces wayy to tight:
This is what got me scratching my head. Aside from the patched wires it appears a screw is being used to secure or wind a coil:
The last really bugs me (Bad pun, saw spiderweb and couldn't help it):
What is this? another coil, split open due to heat? I've noticed some other capacitors on the board that have a bad name around here, and they dont appear to be bulging or leaking yet. The closest i got was on the lp-6100D and its so barely perceptable I'd be tempted to say its a trick of my eyes (though i can't get a pic of it, as its buried too deep)
Again, I'm taking these mainly as a learning experiance, as ive never dealt with a switching power supply before.
I'm decent with electronics, but havent touched any in years and my soldering skills arn't the best. Was looking to do some practive and try and refresh these guys.
Interesting tidbit: I got both of these from a PC graveyard. Yes, a grave yard. They were in pc's that had been stored outside for years on 1/4 acre of land. As i was broke, i picked them out, plugged them in, and used them for well over a year without any trouble whatsoever.
First one's an LP-6100D:
Big ones look ok (Input's, IIRC) tho no lids. Others look ok to my untrained eye:
But I found this, seems something should be here and melted, tho there was nothing rattling around in the case and no magic smoke:
The next one, as with the first, ive read some good and bad posts here about. Seems over-enginneered and overbuilt, but this is the one I'm positive killed the s3 virge and the deathstar:
Input caps look good (though no vent):
Top view. I'd really like to rebuild this, but the complexity seems a bit too much and the spaces wayy to tight:
This is what got me scratching my head. Aside from the patched wires it appears a screw is being used to secure or wind a coil:
The last really bugs me (Bad pun, saw spiderweb and couldn't help it):
What is this? another coil, split open due to heat? I've noticed some other capacitors on the board that have a bad name around here, and they dont appear to be bulging or leaking yet. The closest i got was on the lp-6100D and its so barely perceptable I'd be tempted to say its a trick of my eyes (though i can't get a pic of it, as its buried too deep)
Again, I'm taking these mainly as a learning experiance, as ive never dealt with a switching power supply before.
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