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Quick Dell PSU Question

It's a quick question, but one that has no quick answer. Previously Dell has been known to use standard PSU connectors in a non-standard form; Meaning that you plug in a regular PSU to your motherboard and take out your computer. Even if your Dell does happen to use an ATX connector the way it's supposed to be used, Dell does not use a normal naming scheme for its power supplies. A given wattage of Dell PSU does not corospond to an equally rated industry standard PSU. A good place to start would be to give Dell sales a call and ask for the model number of a suitable replacement, then take the model number and look around to see if anyone sells that same model for cheaper.
 
You can find Dell PSU on eBay pretty cheap used. But if your Dell can take a standard ATX PSU, then consider using that. Mounting may be difficult (you may have to take a dremel tool) since some Dell PSUs don't have an on/off switch and a standard ATX one does. You just dremel out the back grating to fit in your new PSU. That is how it is on my 400SC server.
 
The dead give away is your turn on lead.

On an ATX PSU, the turn on lead is a green wire on pin 3.

There are NO green wires on a Dell proprietary PSU.

The turn on lead is a gray wire on pin 11 (first pin on the second row.) There's also usually no wire on pin 19.

This should help you figure it out. ;)
 
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