[ale] PSU replacement

[forsaken at targaryen.us (Forsaken)]

On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:39 PM, Grady Harris wrote:

> Probably OT, but the machine I'm working on has always run Linux, when
> it has run.
>
> I need to replace the power supply in an ATX case. I've read through a
> few how-to guides on the web, & it looks fairly straight-forward,
> still have the docs that came with the system, including those for the
> motherboard.
>
> Haven't done this before, don't mess with hardware much. What could
> possibly go wrong?
>
> I mean that as a real question, not as bravado or a challenge to fate.

If it's a white box, you should probably be fine. If it's something  
like a Dell or HP, you might run into some issues getting some cables  
disconnected, as HP (Compaq's in particular) occasionally have some  
weird stuff going on inside the cases, they're not intended to be  
serviced by us mere mortals.

Of course, HP's being a pain in the rear doesn't even surprise me.  
Anyone else remember the days of them using a proprietary pinout on  
their PSU's?