Re: Subject: 2 Dead Antec PSU's, worth fixing?
Thanks for everyone for the great suggestions! I really appreciate it.
The one PSU I'm most interesting in fixing is the Aria PSU; it's proprietary and hard to find. And even if I found a replacement, it might have the same crappy Caps in it anyways.
I counted ~14 caps in that PSU, and only one I can positively ID as non-Fuhjyyu; It's a large 400V TEAPO cap.
I also noticed an area of the PCB where it might have overheated; it's right under a Diode next to 2 small caps; one cap is 100uF/50V...
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Subject: 2 Dead Antec PSU's, worth fixing?
I've read thru most of the Antec PSU related postings, and seek help. First off, I'm a former Electronic Repair Tech, but that was in the late 70's-mid 80's. I'm pretty rusty these days, but I can do basic troubleshooting. All I have for measurement gear is a basic Fluke LCD multimeter but w/ capacitance measurement. And a Coolmax PS-224 LCD Power Supply Tester
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I've got an Antec Cube Case based PC I built back in 2005. It died after being in good service for 4+ years. I swapped out major components, and verified both the MB and PSU are dead. The Antec Aria Cube case...
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