PSU doesn't fit with case

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My old PSU died and I got a new one. It works fine but its openings
won't align with the case's. WTF? I thought that stuff was
standarized... What can I do? Should I dump my case and get a new one
or drill some holes?

Right now I have the PSU resting on a table while I use it... Is this
safe?
 
It is further alleged that on or about Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:52:55 +0000
(UTC), in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of
Seeker <[email protected]> spewed the following:

|My old PSU died and I got a new one. It works fine but its openings
|won't align with the case's. WTF? I thought that stuff was
|standarized... What can I do? Should I dump my case and get a new one
|or drill some holes?
Try turning the psu upside down and see if teh holes align or you can
drill new holes in the case
|
|Right now I have the PSU resting on a table while I use it... Is this
|safe?

No.
 
Maybe you got an ATX which are usually larger than an AT. Take it bac
and swap it.. if possible take the original one...!

No don't leave it on the table, you only need to spill or dro
something inside and you'll see fireworks with the possibility o
computer damage

Dav
 
(e-mail address removed) (Davy) wrote in
Maybe you got an ATX which are usually larger than an AT. Take
it back and swap it.. if possible take the original one...!!

No don't leave it on the table, you only need to spill or drop
something inside and you'll see fireworks with the possibility
of computer damage.
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It is a little bigger than my old psu, but only longer, which means
the "face" that takes the screws is the same with the old one...
 
It is further alleged that on or about Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:31:46 GMT,
in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of
(e-mail address removed) (Davy) spewed the following:

|Maybe you got an ATX which are usually larger than an AT. Take it back
|and swap it.. if possible take the original one...!!

An AT will not work with an ATX board and vice versa.
|
|No don't leave it on the table, you only need to spill or drop
|something inside and you'll see fireworks with the possibility of
|computer damage.
|
|Davy
 
(e-mail address removed) (Davy) wrote in

It is a little bigger than my old psu, but only longer, which means the
"face" that takes the screws is the same with the old one...
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Maybe your old PSU was proprietary like Dell or HP/Compaq?

I see you with 5 options, exchange the PSU for one that fits your
case, exchange it for a case with psu, buy a new case, live with the
psu outside the case (does that keep the cpu cooler?) or mod the case.
 
Maybe your old PSU was proprietary like Dell or HP/Compaq?

I see you with 5 options, exchange the PSU for one that fits
your case, exchange it for a case with psu, buy a new case, live
with the psu outside the case (does that keep the cpu cooler?)
or mod the case.
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No it wasn't Dell or anything like that.

Anyway, what I did is I found someone to help me, we pushed the psu
around till we could align with two screws. One would align fine and
the other one would let me see half of the hole, so I just stuck a
smaller screw in there and tightened it. I also stuck some folded
paper between the psu and the case metal (under the psu) so there
isn't too much weight for the screws to support.

I know it isn't pretty (or tidy) but it's better than leaving the psu
out so a drop of water can ruin the whole pc.

Any objections?
 
I know it isn't pretty (or tidy) but it's better than leaving
the psu out so a drop of water can ruin the whole pc.

Any objections?
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Well, for something completely different... After fitting the psu
inside the case I get 2500 in 3d Mark 05 while I used to get about
2900...

What the hell?
 
Well, for something completely different... After fitting the psu
inside the case I get 2500 in 3d Mark 05 while I used to get about
2900...

What the hell?
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Solved, I had accidentaly enabled 4x AA in the driver...
 
No it wasn't Dell or anything like that.

Anyway, what I did is I found someone to help me, we pushed the psu around
till we could align with two screws. One would align fine and the other
one would let me see half of the hole, so I just stuck a smaller screw in
there and tightened it. I also stuck some folded paper between the psu and
the case metal (under the psu) so there isn't too much weight for the
screws to support.

I know it isn't pretty (or tidy) but it's better than leaving the psu out
so a drop of water can ruin the whole pc.

Any objections?
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No I think that fits modding the case. Well seems pretty weird the psu
didn't fit, something that's never happened to me.
 
The current form factor standard for cases and PSU's is the ATX form factor.
Your old case and PSU may have been the older AT form factor. If so, you
need a new case to fit your new ATX PSU into.
 
Seeker said:
No it wasn't Dell or anything like that.

Anyway, what I did is I found someone to help me, we pushed the psu
around till we could align with two screws. One would align fine and
the other one would let me see half of the hole, so I just stuck a
smaller screw in there and tightened it. I also stuck some folded
paper between the psu and the case metal (under the psu) so there
isn't too much weight for the screws to support.

I know it isn't pretty (or tidy) but it's better than leaving the psu
out so a drop of water can ruin the whole pc.

Any objections?
Click to expand...

yes, mod the ****er.

get a dremel and a drill and have at it. once you do one, it will lead to
another and another and another. let your creative side take over. pc's
without windows, lighting, leds, cold cathodes, water cooling, and the like
are freakin boring. don't become another john doe.
 
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