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Recommended Power Supply for PIII Asus TUSL2-C (plus build specs)

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First post, by _tk

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Finally getting around to building a Win98SE machine for some of my old games and such. Here's what I'm using in it:

- Asus TUSL2-C motherboard
- Intel PIII 1400 SL5XL Tualatin
- 2 x 256MB, PC133U, 333
- GeForce FX5500 AGP
- Sound Blaster Live PCI
- Kingston 10/100 NIC
- Optical: HP CDRW, 3.5" floppy
- (Modern) Corsair 100R ATX case
- 64GB Compact Flash card with IDE adapter

Power Supply: I had a NOS Antec SL300S, but it seems to be pretty dead when I tested it (not plugged into anything except an outlet, turned switch on and fan didn't even come on). Was wondering if I needed some type of 'load' on it, but I don't want to hook it to the motherboard in case something's wrong with it.

With that said, are there any modern power supplies that would work best for this setup? I don't want to break the bank as most of this stuff I've had since new and I'm trying to keep it "budget", but if there's a particular one that I need I'm willing to spend.

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Is there a good place to buy a motherboard I/O back plate or is that a lost cause with this case and board combo?

Reply 1 of 3, by ODwilly

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Since it's an ATX psu you need to jumper a couple pins with a paperclip (I cant remember which ones, but its a super common trick and google will explain better than me). Although it is NOS pop open the PSU and make sure that the capacitors havent vented before plugging it into your hardware. If it is dead any modern 400w+ PSU with enough Molex connectors will do the job, just buy something decent.

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Reply 3 of 3, by _tk

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Update: Power supply is not dead; jumper wire did the trick. I've had a case fan running off of it for the past 45 minutes or so and all is fine.

I'd previously looked inside the power supply and all caps were good. Can't say the same for a couple of older AGP video cards I have...

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