DrugCzarOfPortu
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Hi all, TechSpot newbie requesting assitance.
I searched for an answer to my problems, but found none. See, I bought a Radeon X800 Pro. Now that's all dandy, but it needs a 300 watt power supply. I see you shaking your heads, you know where this is going.
Anyway, I do understand, thanks to your forum, that Dell does not use teh standard power supply setup, and that i could fry my motherboard with an upgrade.
I also know their is an adaptor available to fix the problem. The issue is that, everywhere i go to purchase an adaptor it states that Dimension 8200 systems (the kind I have) do not need the adaptor. One site claimed the 8200 doesn't even use the proprietary power supply, and a run of teh mill purchase will suffice.
So, I need to know If the Dimension 8200 uses the proprietary power supply and if I nedd the adaptor OR if this has all been a great big waste of time and i can just go and buy any old power supply.
(Oh, and if you could direct me to a specific power supply, that would be great.)
-Thanks-
I searched for an answer to my problems, but found none. See, I bought a Radeon X800 Pro. Now that's all dandy, but it needs a 300 watt power supply. I see you shaking your heads, you know where this is going.
Anyway, I do understand, thanks to your forum, that Dell does not use teh standard power supply setup, and that i could fry my motherboard with an upgrade.
I also know their is an adaptor available to fix the problem. The issue is that, everywhere i go to purchase an adaptor it states that Dimension 8200 systems (the kind I have) do not need the adaptor. One site claimed the 8200 doesn't even use the proprietary power supply, and a run of teh mill purchase will suffice.
So, I need to know If the Dimension 8200 uses the proprietary power supply and if I nedd the adaptor OR if this has all been a great big waste of time and i can just go and buy any old power supply.
(Oh, and if you could direct me to a specific power supply, that would be great.)
-Thanks-