Replacement Power Supply

Flint · 01-27-2009, 05:32 PM

Guys, can you steer me towards a reputable online dealer of replacement parts for crappy five year-old computers?

My HP a730n just goes "tick" when I hit the power button, and no lights or anything come on. I don't want to grab a cheap $20 power supply and have it not fit or something, so I'm looking specifically for the a730n replacement part, an ATX-300-12ZCDR.

Thanks in advance!

tw · 01-27-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

My HP a730n just goes "tick" when I hit the power button, and no lights or anything come on.

Your answer is found in Help, my comp is dying or dead . As that post notes, it would be a mistake to assume the power supply has failed. A supply system has numerous components. Supply is only one. Same meter also is necesary to confirm the new supply actually works. A defect new supply will still boot a computer. See Help, my comp is dying or dead on 29 Oct 2007 for further details.

Elspode · 01-30-2009, 05:39 PM

I find tiger direct (www.tigerdirect.com) to have excellent prices and service. You will need at least a 300w supply.

dar512 · 01-31-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I find tiger direct (www.tigerdirect.com) to have excellent prices and service. You will need at least a 300w supply.

One of the advantages to living in Chicagoland is that we have Tiger Direct, Fry's, and Micro Center stores here. So losing Circuit City won't be so bad.

Flint · 02-02-2009, 03:10 PM

We have Fry's here, too, but my wife knew of an even geekier place with just rows and rows of shelves of junk (like WallE's house) and, although I did have to send her back once to get the 24 pin power supply, sure enough when I slapped it in--my machine lit up, just like I was 99% sure it would.

Who knows, maybe the new power supply is "defective" somehow; but not according to the "my PC works again" criteria.

btw: Tiger Direct has storefronts?

dar512 · 02-02-2009, 04:44 PM

In a few places.

Glad your computer is feeling better.

And what was the geekier place?

Pooka · 02-02-2009, 09:03 PM

www.electronicdiscountsales.com

I went to the store front... it is def not for the average consumer... i.e. myself....

They literally have bins and bins of used and old parts... every kind you can imagine...

The website above doesn't do them justice...

They have old server cabinets, old imacs, emac, laptops, pc games... they even had a star trek shuttle desk top cd organizer

I'll have to see if I can take some pics for you...

dar512 · 02-03-2009, 09:07 AM

It looks cool. If I ever get down your way, I'll have to stop in there.

I love their motto: "If you don't know what you want, we have it!"

Flint · 02-03-2009, 10:29 AM

I have a feeling I could quickly find $100 of stuff I didn't know I needed.

Clodfobble · 02-03-2009, 02:55 PM

Wow. Their book and DVD listings are downright weird.

richlevy · 02-13-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Pooka

www.electronicdiscountsales.com

I still don't get what an electronics store is doing selling a Glock holster. These guys remind me bargainoutfitters.com. The place is like a retail yard sale.

Oh wait. The place is in Texas. Never mind.

SteveDallas · 02-13-2009, 03:35 PM

You've obviously never worked front-line Help Desk. Some people get positively surly when you tell them you can't pull their five-year-old file (that they had never backup up anyway) off the backup tapes.

01-27-2009, 05:32 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Replacement Power Supply Guys, can you steer me towards a reputable online dealer of replacement parts for crappy five year-old computers? My HP a730n just goes "tick" when I hit the power button, and no lights or anything come on. I don't want to grab a cheap $20 power supply and have it not fit or something, so I'm looking specifically for the a730n replacement part, an ATX-300-12ZCDR. Thanks in advance! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-30-2009, 05:39 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I find tiger direct (www.tigerdirect.com) to have excellent prices and service. You will need at least a 300w supply. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-02-2009, 03:10 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	We have Fry's here, too, but my wife knew of an even geekier place with just rows and rows of shelves of junk (like WallE's house) and, although I did have to send her back once to get the 24 pin power supply, sure enough when I slapped it in--my machine lit up, just like I was 99% sure it would. Who knows, maybe the new power supply is "defective" somehow; but not according to the "my PC works again" criteria. btw: Tiger Direct has storefronts? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

02-02-2009, 04:44 PM	#6
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	In a few places. Glad your computer is feeling better. And what was the geekier place? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-03-2009, 09:07 AM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	It looks cool. If I ever get down your way, I'll have to stop in there. I love their motto: "If you don't know what you want, we have it!" __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-02-2009, 09:03 PM	#7
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	www.electronicdiscountsales.com I went to the store front... it is def not for the average consumer... i.e. myself.... They literally have bins and bins of used and old parts... every kind you can imagine... The website above doesn't do them justice... They have old server cabinets, old imacs, emac, laptops, pc games... they even had a star trek shuttle desk top cd organizer I'll have to see if I can take some pics for you...

02-03-2009, 10:29 AM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I have a feeling I could quickly find $100 of stuff I didn't know I needed. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Wow. Their book and DVD listings are downright weird. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-13-2009, 03:35 PM	#12
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	You've obviously never worked front-line Help Desk. Some people get positively surly when you tell them you can't pull their five-year-old file (that they had never backup up anyway) off the backup tapes.

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