Solve : Dell PSU??

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Answer» I had got a unknow conditon power SUPPLY from one of my fathers associates. Its a Dell HP-P2507F3B. Thing is I wondered if I could use this with a custome build or not. I know that alot of Dell stuff was made just to use with Dell. However, I just put a replacement board in a unitIt's only a 250 watt psu. I wouldn't recommend it for a custom build.Its a 305 I think :/ Unless, I order one this is all I have. I need to replace the on/off switch on the one orginally in it Quote from: Ryuk on March 04, 2012, 10:55:34 AM ...I need to replace the on/off switch on the one orginally in it Why? Many don't even have a switch.Plus you SAID it's in unknown condition. Tell me something...who, in their right mind would want to use a second hand PSU with a bad switch and in unknown condition with a max wattage of 250 watts in a custom build? If this is all you have to work with...then I'd put that one under my pillow and wait for the PSU fairy.what? Its all I have too work with till I get a replacement switch for the orginal one. ALSO, the others I have dont really have the right connectorsIf he just "custom built" a 486 I guess 250W is O.K. Its a 478 Pent 4 2.8 GHZ Quote from: Ryuk on March 04, 2012, 11:51:40 AM what? Its all I have too work with till I get a replacement switch for the orginal one. Also, the others I have dont really have the right connectors The on/off switch on the back of the PSU is not necessary. Bypass it. Are you sure it's just the switch?It was siezed up. Its a good place to start cause, there was like a electrical crunch sound when switching occuredRyuk is right that some Dell PSUs & motherboards had a non-standard pinout arrangment on the power connectors and could only be used with other Dell parts. The trouble is, they used standard connectors that so people putting a PC together out of spare bits have 2 ways to get a FRIED motherboard (Dell PSU + non-Dell mobo, non-Dell PSU + Dell mobo) and maybe a smoking PSU too. I believe they eventually did go over to industry standard connections but this is something to be aware of if using older parts. While Ryuk is right...most older Dell parts are proprietary to Dell machines...the point I was trying to make is that he wanted to use this PSU on a "custom build". Even if the original one was the one with the bad switch. It just didn't make any sense to me to use such a PSU (such as this one of low wattage) on a build.Are you going to try this PSU on the same pentium 4 that you're playing Batman on? If the on/off switch was fried, I'd guess the rest of the PSU is in bad shape too. My personal opinion is that this PSU belongs in the trash can, or you risk DAMAGE to other parts.From what I can tell, replacement power supplies for this claim to be compatible with the "special configuration" the power supply has, but nothing more specific as to what that special configuration is. Also, the original Dell PSU of that model number is in fact 250w. Replacement ones listed under the same model number can be found with 300w, but the original Dell one is only 250w. Unless you're 100% sure that it's configured the same way the one you removed was, and that it can meet the needs of your system, I wouldn't try it.

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I had got a unknow conditon power SUPPLY from one of my fathers associates. Its a Dell HP-P2507F3B. Thing is I wondered if I could use this with a custome build or not. I know that alot of Dell stuff was made just to use with Dell. However, I just put a replacement board in a unitIt's only a 250 watt psu. I wouldn't recommend it for a custom build.Its a 305 I think :/ Unless, I order one this is all I have. I need to replace the on/off switch on the one orginally in it Quote from: Ryuk on March 04, 2012, 10:55:34 AM

...I need to replace the on/off switch on the one orginally in it

Why? Many don't even have a switch.Plus you SAID it's in unknown condition. Tell me something...who, in their right mind would want to use a second hand PSU with a bad switch and in unknown condition with a max wattage of 250 watts in a custom build? If this is all you have to work with...then I'd put that one under my pillow and wait for the PSU fairy.what? Its all I have too work with till I get a replacement switch for the orginal one. ALSO, the others I have dont really have the right connectorsIf he just "custom built" a 486 I guess 250W is O.K. Its a 478 Pent 4 2.8 GHZ Quote from: Ryuk on March 04, 2012, 11:51:40 AM

what? Its all I have too work with till I get a replacement switch for the orginal one. Also, the others I have dont really have the right connectors

The on/off switch on the back of the PSU is not necessary. Bypass it. Are you sure it's just the switch?It was siezed up. Its a good place to start cause, there was like a electrical crunch sound when switching occuredRyuk is right that some Dell PSUs & motherboards had a non-standard pinout arrangment on the power connectors and could only be used with other Dell parts. The trouble is, they used standard connectors that so people putting a PC together out of spare bits have 2 ways to get a FRIED motherboard (Dell PSU + non-Dell mobo, non-Dell PSU + Dell mobo) and maybe a smoking PSU too. I believe they eventually did go over to industry standard connections but this is something to be aware of if using older parts.

While Ryuk is right...most older Dell parts are proprietary to Dell machines...the point I was trying to make is that he wanted to use this PSU on a "custom build". Even if the original one was the one with the bad switch. It just didn't make any sense to me to use such a PSU (such as this one of low wattage) on a build.Are you going to try this PSU on the same pentium 4 that you're playing Batman on?
If the on/off switch was fried, I'd guess the rest of the PSU is in bad shape too. My personal opinion is that this PSU belongs in the trash can, or you risk DAMAGE to other parts.From what I can tell, replacement power supplies for this claim to be compatible with the "special configuration" the power supply has, but nothing more specific as to what that special configuration is.

Also, the original Dell PSU of that model number is in fact 250w. Replacement ones listed under the same model number can be found with 300w, but the original Dell one is only 250w.

Unless you're 100% sure that it's configured the same way the one you removed was, and that it can meet the needs of your system, I wouldn't try it.

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