Shponglefan wrote on 2022-03-25, 00:12:Looking at the old PSU I took the system from, it's got +5V @ 22A. Whereas this new PSU is rated +5V @ 20A. […]
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stef80 wrote on 2022-03-24, 22:56:
You should mainly be concerned with 5V rail for socket A.
Looking at the old PSU I took the system from, it's got +5V @ 22A. Whereas this new PSU is rated +5V @ 20A.
Looks like 1000W Seasonic PSUs are rated at +5V @ 25A. Perhaps I should have gone for one of those instead?
At any rate, everything seems to be working so far. Got Windows 98 installed without issue, other than having to set the SSD partitions to LBA.
I may keep the system underclocked anyway, since I'm not planning on running anything too new on it (relative to the time the OS came out).
I recently went digging through my old PSU collection looking for a PSU to power my 3200+.. got a ton of P4 PSUs with stupidly good +12v rails, a lot of AT PSUs and P3 capable ones .. and buried under them all was a ...
Shaw 680watt PSU with 35amps on the +5v rail, now this PSU looks shmick ..clean inside and out with little wear and tear on it .. but fuck its a SHAW
Now it tests out perfectly, all rails are at their correct voltages under load and there are no fishy burning electronic smells coming from it . even the damn fan is silent, which leaves me in a position I dont want to be in .. do I trust a SHAW PSU with my rare XP 3200+ unlocked Barton.
Its the only PSU I have that will possibly run the 3200+ without issue, its on a Nforce2 Ultra 400 board, so the damn thing is a power hungry beast and I have tried a few other PSU but they can barely supply enough voltage and with just the bare essentials and the CPU underclocked it gets close to maxing out the +5v rail so its no Bueno for them PSUs.
So I turn this over to fellow Vogons users .. do I dare trust this system to a SHAW PSU ?