[ale] PSU replacement

[Sean McNealy]

It really is straightforward.

What could go wrong:
 You forget to unplug the power cord before using the screwdriver on parts.
(Your circuit breaker should save you from dying even if this happens.)
 Your case could be really old and designed for a larger form factor power
supply than people buy now.  Nothing a drill couldn't help with.
 You could push too hard when attaching the new cables to the motherboard
and break something.  Just be gentle and maybe support the board from the
back with something that won't damage it.

Will those probably go wrong?  No, but you challenged me to think of
something.  You'll find people were pretty good at standardizing the
connectors.  Your new power supply will probably have some extra ones you
can leave unconnected.

-Sean

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Grady Harris <nolan.voight at gmail.com>wrote:

> Probably OT, but the machine I'm working on has always run Linux, when
> it has run.
>
> I need to replace the power supply in an ATX case. I've read through a
> few how-to guides on the web, & it looks fairly straight-forward,
> still have the docs that came with the system, including those for the
> motherboard.
>
> Haven't done this before, don't mess with hardware much. What could
> possibly go wrong?
>
> I mean that as a real question, not as bravado or a challenge to fate.
>
> Grady Harris
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