[IWE] Power Supply question
Jay Burns IV
iwe@warhead.org.uk
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:47:07 -0500
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Hello, Peter-
I've got it...It's an Evo D300v. I found a sticker on the bottom of the
power supply that reads (it print so small I required a magnifying glass
to read it:)
Replace w/ Comapq Spare Power Supply [263998-001]
I looked that up, and every reference to it was to a replacement non-PFC
250W power supply for an Evo D300v.
Compaq must be rather embarrassed by this particular model, as they
steadfastly refuse to put any identifying mark (that a human can read,
anyway), on the machine anywhere.
I can still send you pictures, if you want...
thanx-
jb4
Peter Whysall wrote:
>> Greetings, wizards-
>>
>> I have a friend who has a Compaq thing of some kind. It's older and it
>> steadfastly refuses to tell anyone what model it is All it says on the
>> front is"Compaq"...no "Deskpro" or "Presario" or "Evo" or anything like
>> that. Nothing on the roughly half dozen stickers with innumerable
>> barcodes o the back of it, either. Its all black, in a what they call
>> their Compact Workstation Tower (CWT) case. Has both a CD and DVD
>> reader/writer on it, and a (gasp) 5-1/2" floppy drive, too!
>>
>> And it doesn't work.
>>
>> At least, not for very log...You power it up, and it runs for about a
>> minute, just enough to get XP-Home to display the login screen (she has
>> logins enabled, for reasons that I will never know, and am probably
>> better not knowing...). Then there appears to be an abrupt loss of
>> power...but not all power. The CPU fan stops running, the video card
>> halts (driving the monitor to black). But the LEDs on the network port
>> (it has integrated networking) continue to flicker, and the power supply
>> fan continues to run.
>>
>> I suspect there is a power supply problem. I haven't check ed the power
>> leads yet tot he MB...I'm going to do that later tonight. However, I
>> had it open on got the model number off the power supply. It's a
>> HP-P251GF3. Finding a new one of these isn't easy, and the way too
>> expensive (between US$200 and 250; you can just about replace the entire
>> machine for that). In poking around the interwebs, I found that HiPro
>> makes a similar supply, the 244166-001. Much of the literature states
>> that this power supply will "just drop in " to a number of Compaq PCs,
>> mostly Presarios. That's great, except that I may not have a Presario...
>>
>> So the question I'm asking o you is, does anyone know if a HiPro
>> 244166-001 is a direct replacement forthe massively overpriced
>> HP_P251GF3? I'm pretty sure they are compatible from a plug
>> perspective...but I'm not sure the mounting holes and al the physical
>> interfaces will line up (you know how Compaq is regarding puting
>> standard things in non-standard places on teir boxes...simply to insure
>> that you'll have to buy their overpriced crap when a part fails).
>>
>> Any info would be appreciated.
>>
>> thanx-
>> jb4
>>
>>
>
> Take a high-resolution picture of the mass of barcodes on the back and
> post it up (you can attach things to messages on this list). Somewhere in
> there will be the model number. I'll know it when I see it.
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Hello, Peter-<br>
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I've got it...It's an Evo D300v. I found a sticker on the bottom of
the power supply that reads (it print so small I required a magnifying
glass to read it:)<br>
<br>
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<blockquote>Replace w/ Comapq Spare Power Supply [263998-001]<br>
</blockquote>
I looked that up, and every reference to it was to a replacement
non-PFC 250W power supply for an Evo D300v.<br>
<br>
Compaq must be rather embarrassed by this particular model, as they
steadfastly refuse to put any identifying mark (that a human can read,
anyway), on the machine anywhere.<br>
<br>
I can still send you pictures, if you want...<br>
<br>
thanx-<br>
jb4<br>
<br>
Peter Whysall wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Greetings, wizards-
I have a friend who has a Compaq thing of some kind. It's older and it
steadfastly refuses to tell anyone what model it is All it says on the
front is"Compaq"...no "Deskpro" or "Presario" or "Evo" or anything like
that. Nothing on the roughly half dozen stickers with innumerable
barcodes o the back of it, either. Its all black, in a what they call
their Compact Workstation Tower (CWT) case. Has both a CD and DVD
reader/writer on it, and a (gasp) 5-1/2" floppy drive, too!
And it doesn't work.
At least, not for very log...You power it up, and it runs for about a
minute, just enough to get XP-Home to display the login screen (she has
logins enabled, for reasons that I will never know, and am probably
better not knowing...). Then there appears to be an abrupt loss of
power...but not all power. The CPU fan stops running, the video card
halts (driving the monitor to black). But the LEDs on the network port
(it has integrated networking) continue to flicker, and the power supply
fan continues to run.
I suspect there is a power supply problem. I haven't check ed the power
leads yet tot he MB...I'm going to do that later tonight. However, I
had it open on got the model number off the power supply. It's a
HP-P251GF3. Finding a new one of these isn't easy, and the way too
expensive (between US$200 and 250; you can just about replace the entire
machine for that). In poking around the interwebs, I found that HiPro
makes a similar supply, the 244166-001. Much of the literature states
that this power supply will "just drop in " to a number of Compaq PCs,
mostly Presarios. That's great, except that I may not have a Presario...
So the question I'm asking o you is, does anyone know if a HiPro
244166-001 is a direct replacement forthe massively overpriced
HP_P251GF3? I'm pretty sure they are compatible from a plug
perspective...but I'm not sure the mounting holes and al the physical
interfaces will line up (you know how Compaq is regarding puting
standard things in non-standard places on teir boxes...simply to insure
that you'll have to buy their overpriced crap when a part fails).
Any info would be appreciated.
thanx-
jb4
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Take a high-resolution picture of the mass of barcodes on the back and
post it up (you can attach things to messages on this list). Somewhere in
there will be the model number. I'll know it when I see it.
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