Dell Dimension 5000 power supply - replacemant.

[timisbrill]

Hello,

I've sent my computer to the computer repair shop and they say thats
its power supply is brocken and needs replacing. The cost for the power
supply needed is about £130.

I have some details of the power supply and my computer before i sent
it off.

Computer:

- Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
- Dell Dimension 5000, Pentium 4 processor with HT technology (3.00GHz,

800fsb, 1MB cache)
- Serial ATA 160GB hard drive (7200rpm)
- 1024MB DDR400 Dual channel memory (2x512)
- 128MB ATI Radeon X300SE video card.


Power Supply:

Model: N305P-00
Input: 100 - 120V / 9.0A
200 - 240V / 4.5V
Output: +5V / 22.0A
+12VA / 18.0A
+12VB / 18.0A blah blah blah...

I just need to know if it is possible to replace this without having to
spend £130+ and if so where can I get one from.

The computer man said that dell power supplies are different from all
the other normal ones so I can't just buy a new cheap one - something
to do with the plugs on the power supply and the size of the pins.

I need as much help as I can get - and fast as I would like it repaired
before i start my A-levels.

Thanks very much

Tim

 

[Rod Speed]

Hello,

I've sent my computer to the computer repair shop and they say thats
its power supply is brocken and needs replacing. The cost for the
power supply needed is about £130.

I have some details of the power supply and my computer before i sent
it off.

Computer:

- Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
- Dell Dimension 5000, Pentium 4 processor with HT technology
(3.00GHz,

800fsb, 1MB cache)
- Serial ATA 160GB hard drive (7200rpm)
- 1024MB DDR400 Dual channel memory (2x512)
- 128MB ATI Radeon X300SE video card.


Power Supply:

Model: N305P-00
Input: 100 - 120V / 9.0A
200 - 240V / 4.5V
Output: +5V / 22.0A
+12VA / 18.0A
+12VB / 18.0A blah blah blah...

I just need to know if it is possible to replace this without
having to spend £130+ and if so where can I get one from.

Some operations do sell repaired Dell power supplys.

The computer man said that dell power supplies are different from all
the other normal ones so I can't just buy a new cheap one - something
to do with the plugs on the power supply and the size of the pins.

That is true with many Dell power supplys.

 

[visions of effty]

Hello,


I just need to know if it is possible to replace this without having to
spend £130+ and if so where can I get one from.

The computer man said that dell power supplies are different from all
the other normal ones so I can't just buy a new cheap one - something
to do with the plugs on the power supply and the size of the pins.

We actually get this thread a lot. Dell made these proprietary power
supplies for a while. It's annoying, but luckily you can get converters and
use a standard power supply.

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=dellconverter

If you want a lengthy story about all this with some neato technical
information, go here.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=31105&seqNum=4&rl=1

After you get one of the adapters you can pretty much get a power supply
from anywhere. You can browse the many threads here on opinions about
brands and models and so forth.

Cheers!

~e.

 

[Rod Speed]

We actually get this thread a lot. Dell made these proprietary power
supplies for a while. It's annoying, but luckily you can get
converters and use a standard power supply.

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=dellconverter

If you want a lengthy story about all this with some neato technical
information, go here.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=31105&seqNum=4&rl=1

After you get one of the adapters you can pretty much get a power
supply from anywhere. You can browse the many threads here on
opinions about brands and models and so forth.

Not all Dells have enough room for a standard power supply.

 

[DaveW]

As the repairman ALREADY told you, Dell uses PROPRIETARY power supplies that
have to be replaced with a Dell designed power supply.

--
DaveW

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Hello,

I've sent my computer to the computer repair shop and they say thats
its power supply is brocken and needs replacing. The cost for the power
supply needed is about £130.

I have some details of the power supply and my computer before i sent
it off.

Computer:

- Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
- Dell Dimension 5000, Pentium 4 processor with HT technology (3.00GHz,

800fsb, 1MB cache)
- Serial ATA 160GB hard drive (7200rpm)
- 1024MB DDR400 Dual channel memory (2x512)
- 128MB ATI Radeon X300SE video card.


Power Supply:

Model: N305P-00
Input: 100 - 120V / 9.0A
200 - 240V / 4.5V
Output: +5V / 22.0A
+12VA / 18.0A
+12VB / 18.0A blah blah blah...

I just need to know if it is possible to replace this without having to
spend £130+ and if so where can I get one from.

The computer man said that dell power supplies are different from all
the other normal ones so I can't just buy a new cheap one - something
to do with the plugs on the power supply and the size of the pins.

I need as much help as I can get - and fast as I would like it repaired
before i start my A-levels.

Thanks very much

Tim

 

[Poly-poly man]

Hello,

I've sent my computer to the computer repair shop and they say thats
its power supply is brocken and needs replacing. The cost for the power
supply needed is about £130.

I have some details of the power supply and my computer before i sent
it off.

Computer:

- Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
- Dell Dimension 5000, Pentium 4 processor with HT technology (3.00GHz,

800fsb, 1MB cache)
- Serial ATA 160GB hard drive (7200rpm)
- 1024MB DDR400 Dual channel memory (2x512)
- 128MB ATI Radeon X300SE video card.


Power Supply:

Model: N305P-00
Input: 100 - 120V / 9.0A
200 - 240V / 4.5V
Output: +5V / 22.0A
+12VA / 18.0A
+12VB / 18.0A blah blah blah...

I just need to know if it is possible to replace this without having to
spend £130+ and if so where can I get one from.

The computer man said that dell power supplies are different from all
the other normal ones so I can't just buy a new cheap one - something
to do with the plugs on the power supply and the size of the pins.

I need as much help as I can get - and fast as I would like it repaired
before i start my A-levels.

Thanks very much

Tim

They aren't still using proprietary designs, are they? I have a 2002 system
from them that's running fine off of a different PS (no flames or anything
[except on usenet ]).

They only used the bad designs for a little while, before a huge mob of
geeks with pitchforks and torches went to Texis

Before the repair guy replaces the supply, check the wires leading to the
motherboard.Also, look online for a pinout of atx standard power
connectors, and make sure they match up.

poly-p man

 

[visions of effty]

Hello,

I've sent my computer to the computer repair shop and they say thats
its power supply is brocken and needs replacing. The cost for the power
supply needed is about £130.

I have some details of the power supply and my computer before i sent
it off.

Computer:

- Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
- Dell Dimension 5000, Pentium 4 processor with HT technology (3.00GHz,

800fsb, 1MB cache)
- Serial ATA 160GB hard drive (7200rpm)
- 1024MB DDR400 Dual channel memory (2x512)
- 128MB ATI Radeon X300SE video card.


Power Supply:

Model: N305P-00
Input: 100 - 120V / 9.0A
200 - 240V / 4.5V
Output: +5V / 22.0A
+12VA / 18.0A
+12VB / 18.0A blah blah blah...

I just need to know if it is possible to replace this without having to
spend £130+ and if so where can I get one from.

The computer man said that dell power supplies are different from all
the other normal ones so I can't just buy a new cheap one - something
to do with the plugs on the power supply and the size of the pins.

I need as much help as I can get - and fast as I would like it repaired
before i start my A-levels.

Thanks very much

Tim

They aren't still using proprietary designs, are they? I have a 2002
system
from them that's running fine off of a different PS (no flames or anything
[except on usenet ]).

Just the ones between '96 and '00 apparently. Lucky the folks with those
fine machines.

~e.

 

[kony]

As the repairman ALREADY told you, Dell uses PROPRIETARY power supplies that
have to be replaced with a Dell designed power supply.

.... except that most Dell PSU AREN'T PROPRIETARY, only a
select few, moreso towards the end of the P3 era than
today... except the SFF/slim systems which can tend to be an
odd form-factor no matter who made it, as well as the cubed
shaped systems from the likes of Shuttle, Asus, et al.

 

[larry moe 'n curly]

I've sent my computer to the computer repair shop and they say thats
its power supply is brocken and needs replacing. The cost for the power
supply needed is about £130.

I have some details of the power supply and my computer before i sent

The proprietary Dell PSUs I know of with 20-pin ATX connectors have
only one orange wire on that conector, compared to 3-4 orange wires for
normal ATX PSUs. Those proprietary Dells also have a separate 6-pin
single-row connector with three black wires and three blue-white wires.
If your computer has one of these, you may find that Dell is the
cheapest source. They sometimes use more than one manufacturer, so if
possible, get one made by Delta rather than Bestec or Hipro.

 

[WindsorFox]

Hello,

I've sent my computer to the computer repair shop and they say thats
its power supply is brocken and needs replacing. The cost for the power
supply needed is about £130.

I have some details of the power supply and my computer before i sent
it off.

Computer:

- Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
- Dell Dimension 5000, Pentium 4 processor with HT technology (3.00GHz,

800fsb, 1MB cache)
- Serial ATA 160GB hard drive (7200rpm)
- 1024MB DDR400 Dual channel memory (2x512)
- 128MB ATI Radeon X300SE video card.


Power Supply:

Model: N305P-00
Input: 100 - 120V / 9.0A
200 - 240V / 4.5V
Output: +5V / 22.0A
+12VA / 18.0A
+12VB / 18.0A blah blah blah...

I just need to know if it is possible to replace this without having to
spend £130+ and if so where can I get one from.

The computer man said that dell power supplies are different from all
the other normal ones so I can't just buy a new cheap one - something
to do with the plugs on the power supply and the size of the pins.

I need as much help as I can get - and fast as I would like it repaired
before i start my A-levels.

Thanks very much

Tim

http://www.pcpowercooling.com Provide upgrades for Dell PSUs. The
top end one will cost as much as the Dell unit but will be
extraordinarily high quality and built to industrial specs. I replace a
PSU in a Dell Optiplex probably once a month.

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One big ol' Ab. - BigSkiff www.titanspot.com

Pyongyang sounds more like the sound effect an ACME catapult makes
as it goes off at precisely the wrong moment for Wile E. Coyote. -
Cadbury Moose

 

[WindsorFox]

As the repairman ALREADY told you, Dell uses PROPRIETARY power supplies that
have to be replaced with a Dell designed power supply.

Not in all cases.

--
I used to have abs. Now, I've just got ab.
One big ol' Ab. - BigSkiff www.titanspot.com

Pyongyang sounds more like the sound effect an ACME catapult makes
as it goes off at precisely the wrong moment for Wile E. Coyote. -
Cadbury Moose

 

[WindsorFox]

as well as the cubed
shaped systems from the likes of Shuttle, Asus, et al.

Ahh, but that is an actual form factor ie: ATX Flex, the shoe box
computer. A GX620 slim desktop is just a PSU with a weird shape.

--
I used to have abs. Now, I've just got ab.
One big ol' Ab. - BigSkiff www.titanspot.com

Pyongyang sounds more like the sound effect an ACME catapult makes
as it goes off at precisely the wrong moment for Wile E. Coyote. -
Cadbury Moose

 

[kony]

Ahh, but that is an actual form factor ie: ATX Flex, the shoe box
computer. A GX620 slim desktop is just a PSU with a weird shape.

Not all are flexATX, and the so-called shoebox system may
have flexATX mobo (or not,) but that doesn't tell you what
PSU it uses.