Power Supply is dead

TheJockGit · Post by **TheJockGit** » December 10th, 2009, 19:00

I had one of these in my old rig which has suddenly stopped working... does anyone know if they are repairable or is it time to buy a new one for it?

If a new one is needed then what modern equivalent would you reccomend, obviously don't want to spend too much as it's not the main rig anymore,.

Ta in advance.

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 10th, 2009, 19:09

As far as I'm aware you can't repair a PSU yourself. At least not unless you know a lot about electronics (and I've had no inclination to try it myself). Depends on what's gone - might just be a capacitor or something, which would be easy enough to replace if you could find the right one. But a PSU is just a transformer, which is all ferrite and coils, and there's pretty much fuck all you can do about that.

Short answer: I'd buy a new one.

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 10th, 2009, 19:26

They are repairable, but it's a fiddly as fuck job that requires top notch stees and infinite patience. And good quality bits to replace the broken ones aren't a massive saving on just buying a new psu if something big has let out magic smoke.

Short answer, I'd buy a new one too, summat proper shite like this.