Lite-ON made Dell SX280 PSU

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  • hardwareguy
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jun 2006
    • 405
    • USA
    #1

    Lite-ON made Dell SX280 PSU

    Just fixed/modded one of these. Filled with OST and L-Tec caps. No bulging but a lot of mediocre (in case of OST) and bad readings on some of the Ltec caps.

    A weird mix of Nichicon PW, HD, HM and UCC KZE was used to recap it. Mouser's stock was funny this time.

    The main switching MOSFET isnt very good and has a drain-source on resistance of almost two ohms. Swapping this for something more modern results in a cooler running supply. You can FEEL the difference! 2SK2654 was swapped for a Fairchild FQA8N100C.

    Fan was good, unlike the other version of the supply I'm used to (Hipro IIRC). The Lite-ON uses a 60x15mm fan, the other takes a skinny 60x10mm.

    The mobo is weird on this one...all Rubycon MCZ and Panasonic FL except for three Nichicon HNs. Why didn't they go all the way?
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    • hardwareguy
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jun 2006
      • 405
      • USA
      #2
      Re: Lite-ON made Dell SX280 PSU

      Whoops...its a GX280! My bad.....

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        • Topcat
          The Boss Stooge
          • Oct 2003
          • 16959
          • United States
          #3
          Re: Lite-ON made Dell SX280 PSU

          Had me going with the thread title....was thinking to myself that I've never seen a bad DA-2 PSU (sx280 external, also used on the gx620usff). Made more sense after seeing the gx280 correction.
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