antec 400w

[Phiber]

i wanna kno if this thing has Pots that i can tune to make my 5V line higher...its at 4.78-4.87 jumping around under load...

[dimmreaper]

Yes, I believe it does . . .

[SteveI]

There are multiple models of the 400w floating around. Which one do you have?

[Phiber]

Originally posted by SteveI
There are multiple models of the 400w floating around. Which one do you have?

i have the temperature controlled one....but i took the temperature controller out cuz it slowed my PSU fan alot....

[Pinky]

Is this what you were looking for? I just happened to run across the link...

[Meridian]

Used that mod myself. You need to tweak the pots about 1/8 of a turn at a time to get the desired result.

M

[Nate-X]

Heheh.. just ordered a new pp412x myself.. considering doing this except the "you may get physically hurt or possibly killed!" part hehe.. Does the PSU always hold a charge?

[Aedan]

Originally posted by Nate-X
Heheh.. just ordered a new pp412x myself.. considering doing this except the "you may get physically hurt or possibly killed!" part hehe.. Does the PSU always hold a charge?

Normally, the PSU has a resistor that slowly bleeds the charge away over a few hours. Unfortunately, it's also possible that the resistor fails, leaving the capacitors charged. (The story's actually much more complex than this, but this will do)

Contact with the high side (lotsa volts) can be fatal. Contact with the low side (few volts) is safer, as you'll only find the same 12v, 5v etc that you will in the case. The two sides of the PSU are isolated, so if you only work on the side with the low voltage, you'll be safer.

In the article Pinky threw up, the dangerous voltages are on the far side of the PSU, where the large capacitors and power connectors are. The safer voltages are where the pots are.

If you're not sure, then it's probably better to find someone else who can made the changes safely, or just to buy a new PSU.

AidanII