Dell PS Recommendation

[malicious]

My brother's Dell desktop won't power up after the lightening storm the other night.
I'm guessing the power supply - right ?
I've replaced lots of parts in pcs, but never the PS.
Do I need to look at the one in there to get the specs on it before ordering a new one ?

Here is the "build sheet" from when it was purchased:

Service Tag: 4V3M941
System Type: Dimension 4600
Ship Date: 2/7/2004
Dell IBU: Americas



Quantity Parts # Part Description

1 C1431 PROCESSOR, 80532, 2.8G, 512K, 533, SOCKET N, DECISION ONE
1 2R400 KEYBOARD, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES, MULTI-MEDIA, NMB
1 W1668 KIT, MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, 2BTN, WHEEL, LOGITECH
1 5W416 MODEM, V.92, DATA FAX, INTERNAL, ALUMINUM, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 R1888 KIT, SPEAKER, 120V, A425, ALTEC LANSING, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 X1106 DISPLAY, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, 18, DUAL, 1801FP, MIDNIGHT GRAY, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 M1210 ASSEMBLY, FLOPPY DRIVE, 212, 2
1 T1613 KIT, SOFTWARE, OFCBSC-2K3, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 R2553 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WXPHSP1A, COMPACT DISKETTE W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
2 U3420 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 256, 333M, 32X64, 8K, 184
1 R1141 COMPACT DISK READ WRITE, 48X32, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS), 5.25" FORM FACTOR, SAMSUNG, MIDNIGHT GRAY
1 H3873 HARD DRIVE, 80GB, I, 7.2K, WD-XL80S, 80G/PA
1 M4838 KIT, SOFTWARE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., TURBOTAX, 2K3

 

[-=Antimatter=-]

Send it to Dell if it's still under warranty. There's a good chance that the power supply is not the only problem. Try booting it without any unneccesary devices (leave the CPU, RAM, HDD and video) and see if anything improves. Try each of the parts separately on another computer to make sure they weren't fried.

 

[Ozone77]

Yup, definitelly call Dell. If you are still under waranty (the only reason to buy Dell) great, if not, you will have to do some research.

A standard PSU WILL NOT work on a Dell, you need to trick them out somehow.

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

If his processor is a pentium 4 a standard PSU will work. If its earlier than that, it wont. It might not fit due to the way dell does the back of their case, but it will work if it fits.