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Originally Posted by Spok
so...
I have a 5-6 month old HP desktop computer that my daughter loaded a highpowered video card in and then an extra internal cooling fan that with all else going on, now overdraws on the 300w power supply and lastnight the stupid thing shut down. We thought it was dead until i unplugged it for a few minutes and then replugged it and it came back to life. We know we're overdrawing on the power supply...
so, we want to install a 500w supply, are they all the same size? is there a brand I should steer clear of or towards. I don't want to spend a kazillion dollars, we've located a few on the web that meet our criteria but i don't want to buy something that won't fit. since they don't list unit measurments, I assume most all are standard size?
should be a simple swap out, right?
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Hey Spok,
If I remember correctly, the HP has a bit different configuration on the power connector at the system board. The connector fits, but there is a white wire on the generic p/s that isn't present on the HP's I've worked with. Newegg is pretty good and reasonably priced. You are right about the form factor, there is not much room for a size change! Bestec manufactured a lot of the P/S units for HP, they didn't build much reserve in them, though.
Am warming up the matter transporter to send the Star Trek keyboard.
It's a novelty thing, has the older style round plug but I'll throw an adapter in the box.