[mythtv-users] Mostly OT: Pundit PSU fan died

[emory]

Nick-

When you quoted $50 for a replacement PSU, was that from Hipro or
ASUS?  I've been looking into getting a replacement PSU for my
Pundit-R because it's too noisy, but it's hard to find a PSU that fits
in the Pundit's 8 x 12 x 12 cm PSU compartment.

My PSU is from Delta Electronics. I'm wondering if the Hipro ones are
any better.  Ideally, I would like something that's more efficient, as
the Delta PSU's are rated pretty low and heat up readily. I've read
rumors that ASUS might have switched PSU suppliers around the same
time that people started complaining that the Pundit was not
"virtually silent" as advertised.

I was also thinking about using an external PSU, kind of like you are
doing.  Is that actually a safe thing to do?  Can one buy a
laptop-like external power supply inteded for such use on desktops?

- emory 


On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:55:46 -0500, Will Dormann <wd at pobox.com> wrote:
> Nick wrote:
> > Very sorry to hear that. Was yours a Pundit or Pundit-R system? Did
> > you have lm_sensors running at the time? Were both the CPU and PSU
> > afffected or just the CPU?
> 
> It was just the PSU fan on a Pundit AB-P 2600 system.   The PSU is a
> Hipro 200W unit.  The 80x20mm fan has only two leads, so I don't think
> it has any sort of monitoring capabilities.  I tried lm_sensors at some
> point, but upon loading the module, the CPU fan goes to high speed
> (negating any benefit of Q-fan).   So I scrapped that idea.   I'm not
> sure if any PSU temperature info would have been available to lm_sensors
> in the first place, though.
> 
> CPU fan is fine.   I've currently got a full size PSU hooked up to it.
> Everything works fine.   It just looks ugly now, 'cause the PSU is
> outside of the case!   :)
> 
> 
> -WD
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