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Post #21 by JDW
Source ForumBeefier Power Supply for SE/30 — #21
CategoryHardware
Post DateSat, 20 Oct 2012 - 04:08
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/beefier-power-supply-for-se-30.8312/
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While it did merely serve to drive my internal hard drive, I nevertheless am speaking from experience on JAMECO parts:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=se%2F30+psu&w=66071596%40N00&m=tags

That's not to say nothing better is out there, nor is it to say that you would "never, ever need a fan." But consider well that the stock SONY PSU has no fan in it. And it needs no fan (technically) as the SE/30 itself has one. Furthermore, if you look at the photos of my dual-PSU rig, you will see I added a secondary fan to move more air around inside the SE/30 chassis.

But again, none of the JAMECO-sold PSU's have a turnkey solution. Even if you go with the one I suggested previously which has a separate +24v output, you'd still need to DC-DC that down to +12v. That requires extra time, extra expensive and extra bother (since you would need to not only solder it in place but mount it as well). Even so, most of us are "hobbyists" in many ways (as you can tell I am from my SE/30 rig photos). So the "bother" it entails may not be significant for some.

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