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About PC ATX Power Supplies Repair
By Jestine Yong on June 14, 2012
Just to check do you all still repair the common type PC ATX power supplies? My side here no longer repairing it perhaps the cost of the new one is cheap that's why many customer opt to get a new one instead of repairing it. I just want to know if your side there still repair this type of power supplies? Thanks in Advance.
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Waleed Rishmawi
June 15, 2012 at 4:00 am
not any more. in my country, The ATX power supply cost about 10 dollars. nobody bother to get them fixed. they usually buy new ones.
i collect them and sell them to the Junk collector and get paid for them.
Jestine Yong
June 15, 2012 at 4:06 am
Hi Waleed,
You are right the price here is about that too. Unless if it is a branded PC power supply where the normal type can't fit into the casing. In this type of power supply, usually customer will fix it.
Jestine
Philip Archondous
June 19, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Hi Jestine,
Standard computer ATX power supplies, no, it is not worth it anymore.
But for systems that take non standard power supplies and replacement is hard to get or very expensive (example HP and Dell), yes, still repair these, especially older machines that run specialised software or control specialised hardware where replacing the whole computer given today's very low PC prices is not really an option since hardware or software compatibility may be a problem.
Philip.
Darkmen
June 23, 2012 at 9:02 am
The ATX Power supply about 10 dollars are not good because electronic parts inside(capatitors,etc...) are very bad quality.I am fixing and repairing power supply and know this from experience.Regards.
Jestine Yong
June 23, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Hi Darkmen,
Yes you are right those components are in low quality but customer doesn't care. As long as if it can run for more than a year the customer can always buy a new one. Do you mean you still repair the cheap ATX power supplies? The cost of the components sometimes very expensive.
Jestine
wael
June 24, 2012 at 2:39 pm
wael fathe from libya in my country it is about 10 dollars what i do is to see if the power supply is looks new then i would try to open it and see if only fuse or some simple shorts happen in swiching transistors or diodes or bad connection or shorted diode or one bulged caps then i will fix it .
but if there is heavy short that probably hit the bridge the switching transistor and many other components or the atx looks old (obvious from the dust accumlated over the fan ) then i will not fix it
but any way if i have new power supply in my hand i will immediately put it and toss the defective one but some times there is no power supply in hand so we must hear our soldering iron and do the job
Jestine Yong
June 26, 2012 at 7:52 am
HI Wael,
Thanks for commenting and sharing!
Jestine
Alex Lee
August 30, 2012 at 5:18 am
I only repair custom PSUs and expensive branded PSUs. Not worth repairing el-cheapo PSUs (replacing them with new unit would much cheaper, faster and less problems) unless I get them free. Even then I often put them aside (cold storage) and only work on them when I have lots of spare time and nothing else to do.
Jestine Yong
August 30, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Hi Alex,
You are right about the cheap ATX power supplies. Sometimes if you could just open up and repair the cheap one you may gain more power supply repair knowledge but again it also depends on the time you will spend on it. To hobbyist no problem but to professional repairer time is money.
Jestine
palani
January 6, 2013 at 11:23 pm
Hi Jestine,
Do you where to get the power supply diagram for dell F255E-00 power supply? Coz my working place using 80% dell cpu. When powwer supply issue, hard to get the new one.
Palani
Jestine Yong
January 8, 2013 at 7:55 am
Hi Palani,
Sorry no idea where to get it. Try check from the forum of eserviceinfo.com
Jestine