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change power supply ?
Name: homer Date: September 6, 2003 at 17:38:23 Pacific OS: win98 CPU/Ram: pII 400 128
Comment:
My computer's power supply has died on me and it's one of those small 150 Watt ones (about half the physical size of a regular standard power supply). I was just wondering if I can put a power supply in that is rated at 200W or 350W or whatever or does it have to be the 150W? Thanks for you help. Homer
Name: Insect Date: September 6, 2003 at 18:54:40 Pacific
Reply:
Depends. Is it a Compaq or HP or did you build it? Is your system of AT or ATX form factor?
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Response Number 2
Name: ted Date: September 6, 2003 at 19:07:36 Pacific
Reply:
You can put a larger wattage power supply in as long as it will fit.
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Response Number 3
Name: SkipCox Date: September 6, 2003 at 23:18:16 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, the watt rating is a capability...it's not going to force more power into your system. Some mini pc's use a 230watt psu that should fit. You'll need to do some searching to see what is available.
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