[Cialug] Burned out power supply

[Dave Hala Jr]

Here's a good place to buy refurb'ed ups's.  I've bought a couple of
rackmount ones, as well as some batteries.

http://www.refurbups.com/


On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 14:54 -0600, David Champion wrote:
> I bet you (a virutal non-monetary sum) that it's Matt's option #5: "poor 
> quality supplies".
> 
> There are a lot of bad power supplies and / or mobo voltage regulators out 
> there. If you're at all interested in seeing how to fix them, there are a 
> number of resources out there like this:
> 
> http://www.badcaps.net/
> 
> See the "how to identify" section. Many times a bad cap isn't completely 
> blown. It may be "domed". I've seen them where the top looks fine, but the 
> bottom is bulging, causing the cap to sit crooked on the board.
> 
> Messing with a power supply isn't for the meek. It's potentially 
> dangerous. You can get a decent replacement power supply for $40 or $50 
> (for instance, Office Max carries Antec Basiq power supplies, I can walk 2 
> blocks and pick one up, very handy for me).
> 
> If it's a bad cap in the voltage regulator on the mobo, that's a harder 
> fix. It can be done, but you have to use care when desoldering / soldering 
> caps on a complex circut board like that.
> 
> -dc
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