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Desktop Resurrection - Need power supply for 2002 Dell desktop
Wasn't sure if this is the right category but I guess it's ultimately a question of hardware...
In case you don't want to read the whole background, my ultimate question is, Which power supply should I look to get to replace the dead one in the old unit?
I just moved into an off-campus house at college and the last homeowners left behind a lot of stuff, including what appears to be a functional Dell desktop PC. At least 10 years old, judging by the available ports on the MB and the other hardware inside. The unit is dead on its own, but I tried connecting the 20-pin part of my desktop's power supply to the old unit and the motherboard seemed to power up (light went on, CPU fan started).
The hard drive and CD-ROM drive didn't seem to power on, but I found what seemed to be a safety button (see first image) which I am guessing prevents those devices from powering on if the case is open. Can anyone confirm this for me? I want to know if anything else in this unit is dead, but it seems like everything was in great shape (not much dust, etc). I don't really want to pump more than like $50 bucks into this thing, as my goal was to use this PC as either a dedicated Linux machine or to host a web site (not expecting much traffic at all, and with FiOS Quantum 75/75 we have more than enough bandwidth).
The motherboard looks very much like the Dell OptiPlex GX260 SDT SFF Socket 478 (Image: http://attach.forum.ge/post-54-1270667615.jpg) although I cannot seem to find the exact model number without taking out the power supply (good ol' Dell plopped it right on top of the PCI connector...) The drives are NOT Serial ATA... (so I guess that makes them IDE? correct me if I'm wrong here, still learning.)
I guess what I want to know the most at this point is what is a good replacement for the power supply? From what I can read, the current one in there is a Dell PS-5161-1D (Image: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNj...VEFNE/$_35.JPG) but I don't know if I should go with the same one or a different one.
Advice? Thanks in advance