Also Need Advice/Info on Replacing XPS P200s Power Supply

Go here, get the docs, then remove the power supply.
You can then measure the fan, probably 80mm, and replace it.
Fans are cheap, even ball bearing ones.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/dta/%5Ftrmntor/

"Clueless" wrote in message
news:1108592473.5e4576b90ad37f1b54534c5f49b7ed15@t eranews...
Also need advice/info on replacing XPS P200s power supply as it makes
whining noises also.

Is there a replacement power supply available for such an old unit?
Is there an alternative?

Thanks again for advice/info.
Clueless

Usually, when you open up a power supply and examine the fan, you find that the
wire leads for the fan are soldered onto the power supply's circuit board. If
the leads are not soldered (rarely), then they attach with a connector not
unlike the connector for a fan inside the chassis. Matching the connector of a
replacement fan is a tricky proposition. So is soldering. What people do to
replace a fan is to clip the wire leads near the fan, then splice the wires from
the replacement fan to the wire leads, soldering and taping with electrical
tape. The risk here is that the heat inside the power supply will eventually
cause the electrical tape to come undone and a soldered joint shorts out and
fries the power supply.

The foregoing explains why power supplies, not power supply fans, are replaced
almost universally throughout the industry. The exception may have to do with
old obsolete gear where there is little choice except to repair a failed unit.

.... Ben Myers

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:33:07 -0700, Clueless wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:12:53 -0500, "Pen" wrote:

Go here, get the docs, then remove the power supply.
You can then measure the fan, probably 80mm, and replace it.
Fans are cheap, even ball bearing ones.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/dta/%5Ftrmntor/

Didn't know you can replace fan only. Thought it was "punched" in.
Now I have another option in case the oiling method doesn't work.
Thanks for the tip..... Clueless

(How did you find the document? All my searches usually end up
getting links to forum articles. :-( )


"Clueless" wrote in message
news:1108592473.5e4576b90ad37f1b54534c5f49b7ed15 @teranews...
Also need advice/info on replacing XPS P200s power supply as it makes
whining noises also.

Is there a replacement power supply available for such an old unit?
Is there an alternative?

Thanks again for advice/info.
Clueless

I'm not using scare tactics on you, either. It's not worth the time or the risk
to try to replace a fan inside a power supply.

If you want one or more Dell power supplies, contact me off-line via email:
. I don't charge outrageous amounts and you exact
shipping cost without any markup. MC, VISA, PayPal, cold hard cash accepted...
Ben Myers

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:27:50 -0700, Clueless wrote:

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:38:40 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
(Ben Myers) wrote:

Usually, when you open up a power supply and examine the fan, you find that the
wire leads for the fan are soldered onto the power supply's circuit board. If
the leads are not soldered (rarely), then they attach with a connector not
unlike the connector for a fan inside the chassis. Matching the connector of a
replacement fan is a tricky proposition. So is soldering. What people do to
replace a fan is to clip the wire leads near the fan, then splice the wires from
the replacement fan to the wire leads, soldering and taping with electrical
tape. The risk here is that the heat inside the power supply will eventually
cause the electrical tape to come undone and a soldered joint shorts out and
fries the power supply.

That's the last thing I need - electrical fire. Once smelled burning
old electric cord that resulted from a short caused by frayed, worn
out insulation. Man that stunk! Thanks for the warning..... Clueless


The foregoing explains why power supplies, not power supply fans, are replaced
almost universally throughout the industry. The exception may have to do with
old obsolete gear where there is little choice except to repair a failed unit.

... Ben Myers

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:33:07 -0700, Clueless wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:12:53 -0500, "Pen" wrote:

Go here, get the docs, then remove the power supply.
You can then measure the fan, probably 80mm, and replace it.
Fans are cheap, even ball bearing ones.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/dta/%5Ftrmntor/

Didn't know you can replace fan only. Thought it was "punched" in.
Now I have another option in case the oiling method doesn't work.
Thanks for the tip..... Clueless

(How did you find the document? All my searches usually end up
getting links to forum articles. :-( )


"Clueless" wrote in message
news:1108592473.5e4576b90ad37f1b54534c5f49b7ed 15@teranews...
Also need advice/info on replacing XPS P200s power supply as it makes
whining noises also.

Is there a replacement power supply available for such an old unit?
Is there an alternative?

Thanks again for advice/info.
Clueless