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Hey Guys, are there any certain pins I should check on a DELL PSU to see if it's compatible with a standard mobo? I've got a rebuild I'm doing and I'm trying to avoid throwing a new PSU into it. All of the colors on the PSU wires match a standard PSUs colors.. I'm googling, but though if anybody knew right off the bat..

Thanks!

eGo

i seem to recall it depends on the age of the machine..I believe the newer ones use standard pin-outs put th older ones do not = FP posted something on this recently

Yah, I didn't look too hard, I just busted out my multimeter and I checked the V on all 20 pins.. Fixing to check them against a standard ATX, this is an older machine, but I think I might have gotten lucky..

eGo

Hmmm.. All of the pins matched up perfectly except for Pin 18, it read 0 (really 0.8) on the DELL PSU (Actually a Foxconn) and read +5v on the Standard ATX PSU.. It's +12v was also only registering about 10v so I'm guessing it's probably just that the PSU is on it's last leg so I may end up replacing it anyways.. Any thoughts? I'll dig for FPs post too..

eGo

Dell finally wised up and anything made in the last 2 years uses a standard ATX PSU but you need to be careful.

Here's a Dell PSU connector pinout diagram:

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
Dell finally wised up and anything made in the last 2 years uses a standard ATX PSU but you need to be careful.

Here's a Dell PSU connector pinout diagram:

That image is SUPER helpful FP.. This one was build in 02 and has a standard PSU in it.. But the 12v was so low I went ahead and repalced it.. Took some modding on my part, but rather have it good now and not have to drive an hour both ways later to fix it.

eGo

Here's a Dell PSU connector pinout diagram:

where did you get that diagram?

Found it after a long Google search a while back when I was trying to fix an older Dell.

I'd swear that's the diagram I drew up years ago and sent to someone. Damned if I can remember who...

Maybe me?