Florin Iucha wrote: >On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:07:57PM -0600, Bob Hartmann wrote: > > >>Just say I need a plain ol' power supply for a Dell Dimension and I have >>the bad one in hand. >>Then say I need to get a replacement today. >>Then I tell ya that I typically go to general nano or [mu]Center, but >>I'm time constrained near Portland Ave and Lake St. (pretend I have to >>ride my bike!) >>If anyone has a recommendation, I'm all eyes. TIA! >> >> > >Make sure you get a Dell Power Supply. Or an ATX-to-DELL adapter. > >Dell has an extremely devious tactic of using physically-compatible >but electrically incompatible ATX 20-pin-like mobo power supply >connector. If you plug in a straight ATX PSU sparks will happen. > >Be careful! > >florin > > > Yeeikes! Seriously? It's not my peecee, so that's good to know. I suppose you're willing to sell me said adapter at a bargain rate... (yep, yep, sarcasm. Easy now. No, no, chill. easy. hey.) Can anyone corroborate this and/or answer my question? I guess general nano is not outrageously far from there.