Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!netnews.srv.cs.cmu.edu!gerry From: gerry@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Compaq DeskPro power supply "Silent Recall" Message-ID: Date: 11 Dec 90 14:59:24 GMT References: <7005@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> Sender: netnews@cs.cmu.edu (USENET News Group Software) Reply-To: gerry@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) Organization: Field Robotics Center, CMU Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: ralphc@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM's message of 10 Dec 90 20:04:22 GMT In article <7005@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> ralphc@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Ralph Carpenter) writes: I have an 8086 based DeskPro, and my boss's is an early 286 based DeskPro. I bought my machine about 6 months after my boss bought his. His power supply went out shortly after the warranty period ended (of course!), and BusinessLand replaced the power supply for a modest fee (approx. $600). Actually, 200+W power supplies can be purchased for <$75. Replacing the bugger in a PC takes a screwdriver or two and <30 min. Pay some one $600 to do this?? You've got to be nuts! Of course, if Compaq will replace it for free, that's better. But how much down time is involved? gerry -- gerry roston, field robotics center robotics institute, carnegie mellon university pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 15213 (412) 268-6557 gerry@cs.cmu.edu