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Offline wlemonds

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Re: Power Supply Fan Dying on A4000
« Reply #14 from previous page: September 14, 2008, 05:21:50 AM »
Just an FYI the website is here. And it's cheaper at Newegg. I've never had problems with them.

I haven't bought this PS though.
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A500 PAL ACA500 Plus/Gotek
A1200 060/66 Tower/Mediator
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Re: Power Supply Fan Dying on A4000
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2008, 09:41:52 PM »
I replaced the fan. I cheated though. I cut the wires running to the old fan, and the new fan had a 4 pin molex connector. I routed it through the fan case and booyaka! It works. No more sleepless nights listening to the A4K fan. Only downside is the fan emits a blue color.  :lol:
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Re: Power Supply Fan Dying on A4000
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2008, 09:57:50 PM »
The website picture reminded me, covered up the grill which faces into the system so that the PSU only exhausts out the back of the computer.

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Only downside is the fan emits a blue color.  :lol:


Downside since it's inside and you can't see it? heheheh
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Re: Power Supply Fan Dying on A4000
« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2008, 11:03:30 PM »
I am not sure that 14A on the 5v rail is enough... Will check the LiteON PSU's I have on my A4000's and report... IIRC they outpout 18A on the 5v rail, and it made a difference on my csppc/g-rex setup...
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Re: Power Supply Fan Dying on A4000
« Reply #18 on: September 15, 2008, 02:35:04 AM »
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I am not sure that 14A on the 5v rail is enough... Will check the LiteON PSU's I have on my A4000's and report... IIRC they outpout 18A on the 5v rail, and it made a difference on my csppc/g-rex setup...


I don't doubt that you're right.  I cannot find my original PSU, but I recall thinking about the differences in power.  None the less, my system runs well with this unit, though I realize that I will probably have to bump it up to a larger supply when I get a Deneb.  Although the offset of power usage might balance out, as I'll be trading the Zip drive for a USB multi-card reader and the X-Surf 3cc for a USB network adapter.

atxpowersupplies.com has a 230W unit which would probably work, it just has a few connectors which I'll never use, like the SATA power and 4-pin 12V connector.  It puts out 5V @ 18A and 12V @ 7A, with another 5V for stand-by at 2A.

18A seems to be the best 5V output.  As we move up in Wattage, only the 12V and 5V-SB seem to increase, and the length does as well.  At least what they carry.  I'm not overly motivated to research at the moment :-)
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