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Posted on Jan 31, 2008

Suitable psu for packard bell istart 1359

Hi
Please help. I cant get a straight answer to this question ; will a standard power supply fit my desktop pc? Info at http://www.packardbell.co.uk/products/at-home/desktops/istart/istart-1359/productsheet-PB49300701-802.html
I was thinking of buying a Corsair 550watt VX Series PSU.
I have upgraded to 1.5gb of ddr2 400/533, 2banks, single channel ram and have fitted a Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 PRO ddr2 512mb AGP graphics card. My current power supply is 250watt from the FSP Group inc. Model no. FSP250-60HEN, p/n 6983860000( cant find it on their website but it is mentioned on other forums ).
P.S. The number on the motherboard is different to that on the Packard Bell product sheet, it is P5VDZ-NVM/S.
Hope you can help.
Bob

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You can buy fsp fsp250-60HEN very cheap from:
http://pc-macedonia.com/products/B4188-FSP-FSP250-60HEN-250W-250-Watt-Power-Supply-PSU
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Dera Telxon,

The PSU you have linked is FSP250-50LPU - which is not the one in question.

Thanks and regards,
Bandi

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    The straight answer is: YES.

    "from Packard Bell

    Quote:




    Although ATX power supplies conform to various specification
    guidelines, there is not, unfortunately, a standard ATX power supply.
    To find a suitable replacement power supply for your machine, we would
    recommend that you have the following information to hand when making
    your purchase:


    - You will require a PSU with a 24-pin ATX connector, SATA power connectors, and a 4-pin 12V motherboard connector

    - Make a note of the wattage of your existing PSU

    - Make a note of the external dimensions of your existing power supply

    - Be aware that your PSU has a power connector for speakers. Most PSUs
    do not have this, so you may need to purchase a separate power supply
    for your speakers. So its not proprietary."

    I found this answer onhttp://forums.techguy.org/hardware/51317...

    Regards,
    Bandi

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Unfortunately, no. See this link for a picture of your supply: http://www.cwc-group.com/fspgrfsposu2.html . It's considerably longer and narrower than a standard ATC power supply. This is typical of Packard Bell, e-Machines and many others.

Hope this helps!

  • Anonymous Jan 31, 2008

    Nope! Should be just fine. It appears to have the same plugs as your existing supply. The listing also says it includes a 20/24 pin molex plug for the mainboard -- so it should fit just about any ATX mainboard out there. I'd caution you of course about buying from eBay as the item may not be as advertised, but if it's new, it should work great.

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