On 29/12/11 12:46, (Ted Harding) wrote: It's a complicated-looking
item, with a cable from mains input to the unit, a cable from the unit to a push-button switch on the front of the computer box, a cable from the unit to mains output on the back of the box, and a host of cables which connect to the motherboard and other items; I would want to be absolutely sure that the connectors for the latter in a replacement PSU were compatible with the existing ones
That's just a standard AT (pre ATX) power supply. I am guessing the mainboard connectors are two flat pin plugs next to each other with all the grounds (black) in the middle ?
If it is AT then sounds like the whole machine was well overdue replacement anyway as it won't have been manufactured this century.
I can have a poke around in the garage of doom but any of the machines there will at the very least be missing Hard Drives and I suspect the IDE based machines went to the skip a long time ago so most likely you'd be needing to grab a SATA disk from somewhere.
What PCI cards do you need to add, is it stuff likely to be integrated to the mainboard on a modern machine ?
(note it is possible to jury rig a modern ATX power supply to work with a AT case and mainboard, However is certainly isn't recommended)