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A rather unique question regarding internal psu.

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I recently had a bud help me disassemble my psu. Was painting the chassis of it and replacing the fan which I have done. Reassembling the power supply. Only to come across a green cable from the outlet receptacle that grounds to something. I just don't know which part. Here is an image of the psu when we were taking it apart. Unfortunately my buddy was the one that took off this screw, and doesn't remember.

As you can see...The green bent cable clearly signifies it was going below the receptacle.



When I reassembled the unit, a dilemma arose. Was it connected and sandwiched between the screw and the PCB board, or the empty screw holder directly above it...looking online at disassembled reviews doesn't provide a good enough angle.



I have one unused screw along with this green cable that needs to be screwed down, it either went between the screw and the board, or that empty screw socket and the chassis. Although I am not too familiar with the aspect of electrical construction, so any advice would be appreciated. Once again though, the green cable leads to the ground of the outlet connector. Which considering is a ground, would lead me to believe it would be the metal part of the chassis, and not ground itself into the pcb. Or it could be the board option, where my inexperience in this would come into play.

Hopefully get a few responses, thanks guys...Hoping to get a few answers to put my mind at ease...As I don't want to waste this 1000 watt platinum psu from seasonic =*(.
 
If you have one extra screw, it is most likely the second option, grounding directly to the chassis. In all likelihood, the PCB is also grounded through that screw, and in the end it actually doesn't matter.
 
yes that blank spot where the screw is missing is where it goes.

download the picture and zoom in and you can see it.. also you can ground it attaching it to that inset screw position on the chassis right above the plug(standard spot for 90% of psu's so why it's different on this one is a bit odd).

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http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=264
 
Thanks for the input guys, did some comparisons via the image as well and it does seem about right. Opened up an old tx850 I had laying around, and the ground was also screwed into the chasis as well. Thanks for the help gents! ^_^
 
The ground just goes to ground....doesn't really matter as long it's attached to the chassis somehow!
 
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