I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 260/300W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. Even if it’s there, it’s not good for much - if you have the i7 3770 version of the XPS 8500 with this power supply and want a better GPU then the factory options, it needs to be replaced since there isn’t enough headroom left. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
These low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the stress they’re under for more then 2-3 years on average. That said, you may get lucky and run the original unit for 4-5 years, but that is rare. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or stressed VRM modules due to the load. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly. Even if it was, these are stressed hard so you’d need to go over EVERYTHING and do a complete inspection.
'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s with the PIII and early P4 s478 desktops with a standard 20-pin, but with a modified pinout. Even though it can be done with a SFF unit (PITA to find good ones 3rd party), this is to ensure Lenovo gets the sale and you’re locked into their crap units! Shame on you Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as a quality Seasonic retail unit. What makes this insulting is if this had a higher end CPU in it like the i7 with a full fat TDP rating (read: Not S spec power), it would need to use the standard 24-pin connector to survive the load!'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as a quality Seasonic retail unit. What makes this insulting is if this had a higher end CPU in it like the i7 with a full fat TDP rating (read: Not the S spec CPU), it would need to use the standard 24-pin connector to survive the load!'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 260/300W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. Even if it’s there, it’s not good for much - if you have the i7 3770 version of the XPS 8500 with this power supply and want a better GPU then the factory options, it needs to be replaced since there isn’t enough headroom left. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
These low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the stress they’re under for more then 2-3 years on average. That said, you may get lucky and run the original unit for 4-5 years, but that is rare. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or stressed VRM modules due to the load. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly. Even if it was, these are stressed hard so you’d need to go over EVERYTHING and do a complete inspection.
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'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway being hard to find, but Lenovo can easily sell it to you. In this case, you need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s with the PIII and early P4 s478 desktops with a standard 20-pin, but with a modified pinout. Even though it can be done with a SFF unit (PITA to find good ones 3rd party), this is to ensure Lenovo gets the sale and you’re locked into their crap units! Shame on you Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as a retail unit. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it like the normal TDP processors rather then the S series, it would need to use the standard 24-pin connector to survive.'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as a quality Seasonic retail unit. What makes this insulting is if this had a higher end CPU in it like the i7 with a full fat TDP rating (read: Not S spec power), it would need to use the standard 24-pin connector to survive the load!'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 260/300W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the 8500 with the i7-3770 CPU anyway. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 260/300W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. Even if it’s there, it’s not good for much - if you have the i7 3770 version of the XPS 8500 with this power supply and want a better GPU then the factory options, it needs to be replaced since there isn’t enough headroom left. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
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These low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the stress they’re under for more then 2-3 years on average. That said, you may get lucky and run the original unit for 4-5 years, but that is rare. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or stressed VRM modules due to the load. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly. Even if it was, these are stressed hard so you’d need to go over EVERYTHING and do a complete inspection.
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'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway being hard to find, but Lenovo can easily sell it to you. In this case, you need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as a retail unit. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it like the normal TDP processors rather then the S series, it would need to use the standard 24-pin connector to survive.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the 8500 with the i7-3770 CPU anyway. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 260/300W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the 8500 with the i7-3770 CPU anyway. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the 8500 with the i7-3770 CPU anyway. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the 8500 with the i7-3770 CPU anyway. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75V PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the 8500 with the i7-3770 CPU anyway. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75W PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking EPS 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has EPS 12V on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the 5770 requiring it and it was too much to spin one without for 7570 and 5770 machines. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the i7-3770 CPU on the 8500, so that’s the downside even though it’s EPS 12V compatible.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking PCIe 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has the PCIe 12V provisions on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the GPU options requiring it on some cards and it was too much to spin one without it. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the 8500 with the i7-3770 CPU anyway. It’s only good for a few low power cards that exceed the 75V PCIE slot limit or you need to replace it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking EPS 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has EPS 12V on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the 5770 requiring it and it was too much to spin one without for 7570 and 5770 machines. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the i7-3770 CPU on the 8500, so that’s the downside even though it’s EPS 12V compatible.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put it down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking EPS 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has EPS 12V on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the 5770 requiring it and it was too much to spin one without for 7570 and 5770 machines. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the i7-3770 CPU on the 8500, so that’s the downside even though it’s EPS 12V compatible.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking EPS 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has EPS 12V on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the 5770 requiring it and it was too much to spin one without for 7570 and 5770 machines. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the i7-3770 CPU on the 8500, so that’s the downside even though it’s EPS 12V compatible.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a OEM Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the EPS 12V connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned and it has the EPS connector - but that’s probably because they shipped GPUs that require it in some machines and they were smart and didn’t run 2 units for machines with passive vs active supporting power being required.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s almost as bad, but it’s a 380W unit lacking EPS 12V. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it has EPS 12V on it at least. However, it’s probably only there because of the 5770 requiring it and it was too much to spin one without for 7570 and 5770 machines. However, it doesn’t leave you much room to breathe to replace the GPU if you have the i7-3770 CPU on the 8500, so that’s the downside even though it’s EPS 12V compatible.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you luck out. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that sort of complies with the ATX standard but are intended for low power machines to save a buck. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the excess load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you are lucky. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that doesn’t comply to any ATX standard, especially since Ivy Brige or Haswell Celeron/i3 SKUs. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Repair isn’t worth it, sadly.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies. OUCH! You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''Your machine uses the nonstandard Lenovo 14-pin - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies - even though it was mostly the SFF ones which do the same job anyway but they went the extra mile. You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the EPS 12V connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned and it has the EPS connector - but that’s probably because they shipped GPUs that require it in some machines and they were smart and didn’t run 2 units for machines with passive vs active supporting power being required.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you luck out. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that sort of complies with the ATX standard but are intended for low power machines to save a buck. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies. OUCH! You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i5/7 processor.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the EPS 12V connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned and it has the EPS connector - but that’s probably because they shipped GPUs that require it in some machines and they were smart and didn’t run 2 units for machines with passive vs active supporting power being required.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you luck out. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that sort of complies with the ATX standard but are intended for low power machines to save a buck. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited reasarch I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies. OUCH! You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit.'''
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited research I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies. OUCH! You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. Shame on Lenovo for this decision!'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the EPS 12V connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned and it has the EPS connector - but that’s probably because they shipped GPUs that require it in some machines and they were smart and didn’t run 2 units for machines with passive vs active supporting power being required.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you luck out. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that sort of complies with the ATX standard but are intended for low power machines to save a buck. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited reasarch I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies. OUCH! You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit.'''
'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the EPS 12V connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned and it has the EPS connector - but that’s probably because they shipped GPUs that require it in some machines and they were smart and didn’t run 2 units for machines with passive vs active supporting power being required.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you luck out. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that sort of complies with the ATX standard but are intended for low power machines to save a buck. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. Thankfully it appears to be based on the ATX standard but modified for low power systems, so finding a new unit that’s not from Lenovo is an option - but you need to find out what the spec is so you can key that in when you search. If not, you need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP unit, so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. From the limited reasarch I have done, it looks like Lenovo took one of Dell’s dumb ideas from the early 2000’s and modified the standard to lock you into buying their power supplies. OUCH! You need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit.'''
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'''It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP Group unit (possibly a Delta), so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors a retail unit would have. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned - even though it’s like the HP unit and evening it out to 500W wouldn’t add much to the BOM cost. Dell even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the EPS 12V connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned and it has the EPS connector - but that’s probably because they shipped GPUs that require it in some machines and they were smart and didn’t run 2 units for machines with passive vs active supporting power being required.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under for more then 2-3 years; 4-5 if you luck out. Usually these low wattage units use the 14-pin Lenovo supply that sort of complies with the ATX standard but are intended for low power machines to save a buck. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies)to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years. At least it’s a AcBell unit,which are descent like the OEM Delta and FSP Group units that are properly built. If this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. Thankfully it appears to be based on the ATX standard but modified for low power systems, so finding a new unit that’s not from Lenovo is an option - but you need to find out what the spec is so you can key that in when you search. If not, you need to buy the crap spec Lenovo unit. It’s likely going to be an AcBell or an FSP unit, so it’s not terrible but it is never going to be as good as their retail ones. What sucks is if this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors a retail unit would have. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned - even though it’s like the HP unit and evening it out to 500W wouldn’t add much to the BOM cost. Dell even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies) to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years. At least it’s a AcBell unit, which are descent like the OEM Delta and FSP Group units that are properly built. If this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply - it’s a Celeron or i3 gutless wonder from the factory! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies) to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years. At least it’s a AcBell unit, which are descent like the OEM Delta and FSP Group units that are properly built. If this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors a retail unit would have. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned - even though it’s like the HP unit and evening it out to 500W wouldn’t add much to the BOM cost. Dell even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies) to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years. At least it’s a AcBell unit, which are descent like the OEM Delta and FSP Group units that are properly built.'''
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies) to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years. At least it’s a AcBell unit, which are descent like the OEM Delta and FSP Group units that are properly built. If this had a higher end CPU in it you wouldn’t be in this rut since this would explode with an i7-3770 attached.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors a retail unit would have. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned - even though it’s like the HP unit and evening it out to 500W wouldn’t add much to the BOM cost. Dell even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies) to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years.'''
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies) to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years. At least it’s a AcBell unit, which are descent like the OEM Delta and FSP Group units that are properly built.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors a retail unit would have. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned - even though it’s like the HP unit and evening it out to 500W wouldn’t add much to the BOM cost. Dell even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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Thankfully it looks like a standard 24-pin power supply in this case, so you can get a nice 500-550W Seasonic unit and not only dump the crappy Lenovo unit, but actually get a descent unit. However, my fear is it uses that stupid Lenovo power supply that’s standardized but not popular because of how horrible the standard is since it’s such a low wattage unit. Pray it isn’t the power supply that’s not commonplace and it’s a standard 24-pin unit. The student page has the 3770 edition, which needs a real power supply. I fear yours is a Celeron/i3 version where it almost certainly uses the weird power supply that only seems to be used by Lenovo.
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'''Your machine uses the non ATX 24-pin compliant power supply! :-(. Unless you can find out what the standard it uses is (if it even *is* - it could be like the older Dell supplies they used on some of their early s478 machines where it’s using the standard connector but it’s completely butchered to lock you into the vendor for replacement supplies) to find a better unit, or you need to keep buying crap spec 180W units that keep breaking in a few years.'''
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly didn’t get them too high unlike HP who were too cheap to even it out to 400W. They even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors a retail unit would have. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly wasn’t decided on after they were fully stoned - even though it’s like the HP unit and evening it out to 500W wouldn’t add much to the BOM cost. Dell even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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Thankfully it looks like a standard 24-pin power supply in this case, so you can get a nice 500-550W Seasonic unit and not only dump the crappy Lenovo unit, but actually get a descent unit. However, my fear is it uses that stupid Lenovo power supply that’s standardized but not popular because of how horrible the standard is since it’s such a low wattage unit.
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Thankfully it looks like a standard 24-pin power supply in this case, so you can get a nice 500-550W Seasonic unit and not only dump the crappy Lenovo unit, but actually get a descent unit. However, my fear is it uses that stupid Lenovo power supply that’s standardized but not popular because of how horrible the standard is since it’s such a low wattage unit. Pray it isn’t the power supply that’s not commonplace and it’s a standard 24-pin unit. The student page has the 3770 edition, which needs a real power supply. I fear yours is a Celeron/i3 version where it almost certainly uses the weird power supply that only seems to be used by Lenovo.
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly didn’t get them too high unlike HP who were too cheap to even it out to 400W. They even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that will be subject to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that it will be subjected to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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Thankfully it looks like a standard 24-pin power supply in this case, so you can get a nice 500-550W Seasonic unit and not only dump the crappy Lenovo unit, but actually get a descent unit.
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Thankfully it looks like a standard 24-pin power supply in this case, so you can get a nice 500-550W Seasonic unit and not only dump the crappy Lenovo unit, but actually get a descent unit. However, my fear is it uses that stupid Lenovo power supply that’s standardized but not popular because of how horrible the standard is since it’s such a low wattage unit.
I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W gutless wonder. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly didn’t get them too high unlike HP who were too cheap to even it out to 400W.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was :P. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W unit - but it lacks the GPU power connectors. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly didn’t get them too high unlike HP who were too cheap to even it out to 400W. They even spent the money and added the GPU power wiring, but I have a gut feeling that’s only because the machines that use it had an option for a GPU that requires it.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that will be subject to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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The problem you’re going to have is Lenovo has been sneaking a power supply that uses a standard no reputable power supply manufacturer would dare even try and bother with, so what they’ve done is they took a standard and made sure it’s just bad enough you can’t just go buy a good Seasonic unit - oh no.You have to buy it through Lenovo.
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Thankfully it looks like a standard 24-pin power supply in this case, so you can get a nice 500-550W Seasonic unit and not only dump the crappy Lenovo unit, but actually get a descent unit.
What was Lenovo smoking when they configured that machine? Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W gutless wonder. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly didn’t get them too high unlike HP who were too cheap to even it out to 400W.
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I’m pretty sure they picked that power supply on a very specific holiday with how bad of a choice it was. Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W gutless wonder. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly didn’t get them too high unlike HP who were too cheap to even it out to 400W.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10.
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Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10. It probably also weighs nothing, so I bet there’s an issue with the caps or VRM modules because of the stress that will be subject to. Unless this is a nonstandard supply, don’t use the Lenovo one again.
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The problem you’re going to have is Lenovo has been sneaking a power supply that uses a standard no reputable power supply manufacturer would dare even try and bother with, so what they’ve done is they took a standard and made sure it’s just bad enough you can’t just go buy a good Seasonic unit - oh no. You have to buy it through Lenovo.
What was Lenovo smoking when they configured that machine? Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W gutless wonder. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit, but it clearly didn’t get them too high.
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What was Lenovo smoking when they configured that machine? Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W gutless wonder. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit in some of the older XPS machines, but it clearly didn’t get them too high unlike HP who were too cheap to even it out to 400W.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10.
What was Lenovo smoking when they configured that machine? Even HP put the drugs down for the p7 even though it’s a borderline gutless wonder, but it’s at least a 380W gutless wonder. Dell was also smoking something with their 460W unit, but it clearly didn’t get them too high.
Those low wattage supplies always burn out within a few years because they can’t take the load they’re put under - unless the machine it’s paired to is just as gutless with a Celeron processor and barely enough RAM for Win10.