[Coco] Assistance please

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 03 September 2012 12:10:26 Bill did opine:

> I hope this isn't going too OT, but I've received a lot of help from my
> Coco brothers. Now the power supply has given out, and I think that was
> the original problem. Even after completely disassembling the CPU fan
> and blowing it out, replacing the thermal grease, and upgrading the
> memory. Does anyone have a power supply for an old HP Presario 6540C?
> 
> Thanks
> 
I am not fam with that particular HP, but I have noted that HP's supplies 
are slightly smaller that a std supply at least in the Pavilions.  There, a 
half an hours work with a dremel tool, cutting out the rear panel for 
clearance, will allow a std supply to be mounted.  Its snug, bucks right up 
against the back of the HD in it, but I have one that had that done to it 
about 2 years ago & seems to be doing ok at light jobs.  With only a 1Ghz 
32 bit athlon in it, it never was a speed demon but plays internet radio 
for me when I am in the garage if it can find the bandwidth. There is a 
pair of 100' cat5's, 2 hubs and a router between it and the cable modem.  
ATM its w/o a monitor as I borrowed that digital tv for the lathe when I 
cnc'd it.  I need to find a smaller one I can suspend over the lathe, that 
22"er, on a cabinet 5' 6" tall, is both too dim when looking up at that 
angle, its a neck breaker too.

Don't put any money into an Antec supply, buy the cheapest thing for sale 
on the sidewalks of Taiwan or Singapore for not over $30, they aren't 
engineered to die 2 weeks after the warranty runs out like the Antec's are.

I have a 300 watt rated psu in this machine, a quad core phenom with 4 Tb 
of drives in it & all slots full.  A friend who had a shop for a couple 
years in the next town up, bought a 10 pack at $12 each about 4 years ago.  
In 3 years+ of running at or above its ratings, it hasn't faded a 
millivolt.  He was selling them at $20.  I gave him the $20 and got a beer 
in change. ;-)  But that was the last good deal, what he had when it became 
obvious it wasn't paying the rent, he had to get around $40 for, but that 
sure beats the big buck+ for an Antec at the box store like Staples.

Good luck Bill.

Cheers, Gene
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