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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: bsoder52 on July 11, 2005, 12:10:31 pm

Title: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: bsoder52 on July 11, 2005, 12:10:31 pm

I need to power some pc fans in a Console Cab I'm building.  I'm looking to buy a working old school powersupply, the kind that stay on without needing to hack them.

I'd also buy a hacked Powersupply if it's been tested and working.

PM if if you have one for sale.  Looking for the cheapest solution I can find.

Thanks,
Bsoder52

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: Franco on July 11, 2005, 12:56:25 pm

Have you tried ebay? They seem to be going for $5+ 'buy it now'.

The oldschool ones are known as AT.

http://search.ebay.com/AT-PSU_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: bsoder52 on July 11, 2005, 04:10:22 pm

Thanks for the advice!

And crazy pic by the way.

:) ;) ;)

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: bsoder52 on July 11, 2005, 04:29:45 pm

arrrgggg
$10 plus for shipping on those!

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: Franco on July 11, 2005, 04:47:11 pm

That too much? In that case your best bet may be to try and find a really old PC from somewhere to yoink an AT one from. I dont know what year AT's became obsolete tho so you may struggle. If not you should be able to find some very cheap/free ATX ones that you can connect the green/black motherboard connections (#13 + #14 if memory serves me correct).

I know you didnt have much luck with the first one that you tried. The first one I got didnt seem to work but I bought another one and it worked straight away and still does now. That may be your cheapest/easiest option if AT's are hard to come by.

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: SirPeale on July 11, 2005, 06:53:52 pm

Why can't you pull power from your existing power supply?

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: SteveJ34 on July 11, 2005, 10:20:06 pm

If you can't draw from an existing power source I'm sure I've got several old AT machines back in the warehouse.

I'd be happy to pull out a PS and ship it to you for the cost of shipping.

Send me an address and I'll be happy to check costs....should be something less than $5...probably more like $3.

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: USSEnterprise on July 13, 2005, 02:37:41 am

I'd think that you could use a cable that normally supplies power to a floppy drive. Why not

Title: Re: WTB: Old School working Power Supply
Post by: Franco on July 13, 2005, 09:59:30 am

This is the same power source that we are talking about. The floppy drive (and all the other drives) are powered from an AT/ATX PSU which is what bsoder52 is after.