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    AC side wiring, replacing copper with aluminum

    Okay, I get it, Diablotek PSUs are crappy, and their build quality are downright dodgy (and possibly dangerous) at best Here’s the reason why I was deciding to go with the Diablotek I have versus just repairing the AT PSU I have or buying a new PSU I tried out the failed PSU (before I knew it...
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    AC side wiring, replacing copper with aluminum

    Because as I mentioned, the Diablotek doesn’t have an IEC connector, when I originally purchased the Diablotek, I originally planned on just buying an IEC connector for something I was working on, I couldn’t get an IEC connector by itself, so the best I could do was buy something cheap I could...
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    AC side wiring, replacing copper with aluminum

    Pretty sure, there was some bare wire exposed before where it was tinned, it still looked silvery
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    AC side wiring, replacing copper with aluminum

    I thought it odd myself, but I assure you, it is a Dell Dimension XPS P60, and I wouldn’t quite call the motherboard AT, but I wouldn’t quite call it ATX either, it’s an oddball from the times right before AT died and right after ATX came popular, where they mixed AT and ATX technologies While...
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    AC side wiring, replacing copper with aluminum

    I have a failed 200w AT power supply that came out of a Dell Dimension XPS P60 Instead of taking the time to track down the problem and repairing the PSU, I have decided to replace it with a Diablotek 400w ATX power supply I have laying around using an ATX to AT adapter The thing is when I...
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