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Wingman

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Since: Jan 07, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:37 am
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I need to upgrade my power supply due to the fan not working anymore. I
currently have an Abit BH6 motherboard with a Celeron 300a, hopefully soon
will be a PIII 600.

The power supply that is in there now is a 250 watt for an ATX case. I am
trying to find out what I should change this to? Will anything above what I
have work? How high should I go? What do I need for this setup?

Thanks,

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Leon Rowell

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Since: Dec 29, 2003
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:37 am
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I am running a 300 watt power supply in my machine. I started out with a PIII
500mhz and am now running a PIII 1.1ghz with 1 hard drive, 2 CD's, 3 case fans,
CPU fan, plus the normal sound and graphics card. I do a lot of music stuff on it
(cassettes to CD, LP's to CD, etc.) and some photo editing with Photoshop and I
have never had a problem with it. (Knock on wood)

Leon Rowell


Wingman wrote:
 > I need to upgrade my power supply due to the fan not working anymore. I
 > currently have an Abit BH6 motherboard with a Celeron 300a, hopefully soon
 > will be a PIII 600.
 >
 > The power supply that is in there now is a 250 watt for an ATX case. I am
 > trying to find out what I should change this to? Will anything above what I
 > have work? How high should I go? What do I need for this setup?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 >
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h2so4

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 6:33 am
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"Wingman" <duane0524.DeleteThis@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:gpJKb.7470$uF6.2060244@news1.news.adelphia.net...
 > I need to upgrade my power supply due to the fan not working anymore. I
 > currently have an Abit BH6 motherboard with a Celeron 300a, hopefully soon
 > will be a PIII 600.
 >
 > The power supply that is in there now is a 250 watt for an ATX case. I am
 > trying to find out what I should change this to? Will anything above what
I
 > have work? How high should I go? What do I need for this setup?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
I doubt that you need more than a 250W PSU for your system. Were I in your
shoes I would look for a good quality 250 or 300W unit. A higher rated
quality PSU would not be necessary for your computer and an unnecessary
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TomG

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:33 am
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Antec or Enermax are both good supplies. I run an Antec TruePower True480
which has served me well.

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"Wingman" <duane0524 DeleteThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:gpJKb.7470$uF6.2060244@news1.news.adelphia.net...
 > I need to upgrade my power supply due to the fan not working anymore. I
 > currently have an Abit BH6 motherboard with a Celeron 300a, hopefully soon
 > will be a PIII 600.
 >
 > The power supply that is in there now is a 250 watt for an ATX case. I am
 > trying to find out what I should change this to? Will anything above what
I
 > have work? How high should I go? What do I need for this setup?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 >
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Wes Newell1

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:55 am
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 01:37:16 +0000, Wingman wrote:

 > I need to upgrade my power supply due to the fan not working anymore.

Take the fan and peel the label off to expose the bearings. Put a small
drop of thin oil in it and rotate the fan until free. Re-assemble and
test. This will fix most fans as the bearings just dry out.

 > The power supply that is in there now is a 250 watt for an ATX case. I
 > am trying to find out what I should change this to? Will anything above
 > what I have work? How high should I go? What do I need for this setup?
 >
I'd buy a 550w el cheapo ($16 shipped) since they don't cost much more
than a 250w. Then you'll have it if you decide to upgrade the MB/cpu. It
never hurts to have a larger PS.

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Ed

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Since: Jan 27, 2004
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:58 am
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"Wingman" <duane0524.RemoveThis@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:gpJKb.7470$uF6.2060244@news1.news.adelphia.net...
 > I need to upgrade my power supply due to the fan not working anymore. I
 > currently have an Abit BH6 motherboard with a Celeron 300a, hopefully soon
 > will be a PIII 600.
 >
 > The power supply that is in there now is a 250 watt for an ATX case. I am
 > trying to find out what I should change this to? Will anything above what
I
 > have work? How high should I go? What do I need for this setup?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
Im using a Powerman 235w with a PIII 1GHz, I have just bought a new
Q-Technology 350w (they have a special offer if you buy a 300w version they
will upgrade it to a 350w) needed to upgrade to AMD, just been reading that
450w seems the norm for AMD now esp the new Barton. But Im sure this new PSU
being a quality one should be ok.

I will also be getting an Abit NF7-S 2.0 to replace this Abit SL6.


So get the biggest you can afford for any future upgrades and buy a good
quality PSU.

Ed.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Ed

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:00 am
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"Wingman" <duane0524 RemoveThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:gpJKb.7470$uF6.2060244@news1.news.adelphia.net...
 > I need to upgrade my power supply due to the fan not working anymore. I
 > currently have an Abit BH6 motherboard with a Celeron 300a, hopefully soon
 > will be a PIII 600.
 >
 > The power supply that is in there now is a 250 watt for an ATX case. I am
 > trying to find out what I should change this to? Will anything above what
I
 > have work? How high should I go? What do I need for this setup?
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
Here's some info worth reading before you buy a new PSU, esp if you buy one
for the future..

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.firingsquad.com/guides/power_supply/default.asp" target="_blank">http://www.firingsquad.com/guides/power_supply/default.asp</a>


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