PC Died suspect PSU

[MrsGoof]

The old dell 8250 has died, I suspect it's the PSU, but I'm not sure which PSU to get to replace the old one, It has IDE drivers

anyone have and advice?

[voodooflux]

The old dell 8250 has died, I suspect it's the PSU, but I'm not sure which PSU to get to replace the old one, It has IDE drivers

anyone have and advice?

There's some useful info (and a mention of the 8250) towards of the bottom of this article.

Essentially you can use a standard ATX PSU with respect to pinouts, but you may have an issue with respect to the physical size of the PSU when fitting it in the Dell chassis.

[MrsGoof]

thanks voodoo, interesting article.

although I'm tempted with a new desktop, with affordable memory

[voodooflux]

although I'm tempted with a new desktop, with affordable memory

I know what you mean - the mother-out-law desperately needs some more RAM for her Dell desktop, but the maximum it'll support is 1GB and Crucial reckon that will set her back almost £40.

[MrsGoof]

thats cheap It's got RAMBUS memory http://www.memorypig.com/, can pay £100 for 1 512mb dimm, thats why it's only got 750mb

been looking at the zoostorm machines on ebuyer, sem quite reasonable £420 for 4gb of memory 500gb disk core duo quad and 512mb grapics

[voodooflux]

thats cheap It's got RAMBUS memory http://www.memorypig.com/, can pay £100 for 1 512mb dimm, thats why it's only got 750mb

Crikey, I'd forgotten about that stuff. I'm surprised you can still get it to be honest.