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Thread #53700 Message #828040
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
16-Nov-02 - 07:47 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Power Supply supply has died.
Subject: Tech: Power Supply supply has died.
Has fallen off its perch indeed. (I posted this on anther thread and for some strange reason write "Sound Supply", which doesn't make much sense.)
My son's computer has just died, and it seems to be the Power Supply. Unfortunately it's a Patriot, made by a company that's died; that wouldn't matter, too much, but the case is such that a normal sized sound supply unit won't fit. I've run down an equivalent replacement, but the South-Eastern USA, which is where the supplier is, is a long way off, and I'm hoping for something a bit nearer home.
I've been advised that the best thing might be to buy a new case with a power supply built in, and then transfer all the bits and pieces from the existing case into it. The thought of doing that does not appeal.
Any suggestions? (And don't say he needs to get a new computer - that costs a bit more than is currently available. More than it would in America for example.)