it beeps! it beeps!

[ciphergoth]

babysimon came around with useful advice and very important moral support, and between us we got the computer to beep. It lives! It still isn't 100% working as such, but the hurdles are now the sort of thing I understand and can deal with.

The primary culprit turned out to be the power supply. There may be secondary culprits - we identified and threw out one dodgy chunk of memory, at least - but I think the power supply is the big one; I've swapped between the power supply in the case and the one borrowed from work a couple of times, and it seems pretty definitely to make the difference between beep and no-beep.

The tricky thing is that it's not a standard size of power supply. The one I have from work doesn't fit into the space available for it, and is sort of standing on its end at a funny angle; I can't fit the lid on. This one is slightly shorter, and the hole for the IEC connector is on the same side as the hole that the bundle of cables for the motherboard and drives comes out of; there's a power cable inside the case that leads from a socket on the outside to the power supply, so it makes sense for them both to face the same way ie into the case.

Is this sort of power supply unique to my case ("Antec Overture Quiet Media Case")? Or is it a standard sort of power supply I can get from another supplier? I'd like to get a better make than this since it failed in just over a year, but it might be that only this one exact sort will do.

Update: I mailed Antec asking what sort of replacements would do, and they've said that the PSU has a three year warranty! So I shall sort out getting it replaced under that. Rah!

Comments

[lovingboth]

Hmm, I can't see much about the Overture, as opposed to its successor. But what there is says things like "Full ATX 380Watt TruePower PSU" - and ATX has a specific meaning in terms of size and what goes where.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Indeed. In that sense, it's definitely not an ATX power supply - it just has ATX motherboard connectors and such. ATX power supplies have the power inlet on one face, and power outlet cables on the other; this has them all on the same face.

[funky-firelord.livejournal.com]

this has them all on the same face.
In a word WTF!!!

Can you post a pic of it ciphergoth?
I will have a look at what we can source at work might be able to find one that fits.
Firelord :-)

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

There are pics of it here:

http://pics.livejournal.com/ciphergoth/gallery/000021b1

Thanks!

[funky-firelord.livejournal.com]

Hmmm yep Def a non standard Antec must have fitted there own.
I think it's called a "SmartPower" but other than that talking to antec might be your best option in case they can source them, though expect to pay though the nose for it. As buying another case is goign to be ouch..

I did find a few on the web that also have outputs on the same side.
depending on dimension's might be able to get it to fit. But nothing I can buy though our suppliers is going to fit unfortunately :-(

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?Image=17%2D103%2D935%2D01%2Ejpg%2C17%2D103%2D935%2D02%2Ejpg%2C17%2D103%2D935%2D03%2Ejpg%2C17%2D103%2D935%2D04%2Ejpg%2C17%2D103%2D935%2D05%2Ejpg%2C17%2D103%2D935%2D06%2Ejpg%2C17%2D103%2D935%2D07%2Ejpg&CurImage=17%2D103%2D935%2D02%2Ejpg&Description=Antec+SmartPower+2%2E0+SP%2D400+ATX12V+400W+Power+Supply+%2D+Retail
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=332377&pfp=BROWSE

Firelord

[babysimon]

Now that's a weird gallery.

[conflux.livejournal.com]

You know that is exactly the same as mine, and the fan died and needed replacing on mine.

[shevek.livejournal.com]

It's easier to do this than replace the case? If I was in England, I'd offer to build a PSU into that format. I do that for my rackmounts.