Fitting a PSU

Cartho

Cartho

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Hi all
this is a really n00bish thing to ask, but what the hell!

I have recently bought a CoolerMaster RealPower 550 watt SLI PSU for my machine
It arrived today, but I have not installed it yet, and I was wondering, since this is the first real thing I have done to my rig, could someone please give me some advice about how to go about removing the old PSU and installing my nice new one?

Some tips / advice would be lovely, and I might just love you forever!
I hear the PSU is a very easy thing to fit (someone told me it was the easiest thing to fit!) but all of the wires scare me terribly!

Please help! I a fairly knowledgeable about computers, but have never actually installed any new parts like this (apart from a new graphics card, but that is EASY) and so would love some help!
 
With regards to actually "fitting" the PSU, it will depend on case, but most PSUs have four screws on the back, you unscrew these and just slide the old PSU out, taking care to remove any attached cables.

It's next to impossible to get the cables plugged in wrong as well, as they're all different sizes. There should be a long motherboard cable, 20 or 24 pins long (10x2 or 12x2) which goes into the motherboard, another 2x2 cable for the extra CPU power which goes into a 2x2 slot on the motherboard, then the other connectors are for drives/graphics cards.

As I said, just make sure you don't force anything. Otherwise, childs play.

If you're really worried about it, have a nosey around before you unplug anything, to familiarise yourself with all the connectors and where they plug in. That should help you when you go to plug in the new PSU.

P.S Make sure you unplug everything from the wall before you attempt this.
 
First of all make sure the power is turned off and the pc is unplugged before you do anything, secondly remove the side plate from the pc once inside go about unplugging everything that the psu is connected to motherboard,cd roms etc.

Once all the leads are unplugged you can set about unscrewing the psu from the case usually 4 screws on the back (pozzy drive), once you done that just take the psu out of the case.

Then you can set about putting the new one in,screw the new psu into place then reconnect all you leads etc.Job done.
 
Thanks very much guys, I am gonna do it tonight, will post here when it is done.
I will either be boyed up and elated about having installed it and made it work, or in the depths of depression because I have broken something / it does not work....
 
IT IS DONE!!!
IT WORKS!!!
YAY!!!
*dances with joy*

now to find a nice video card, in the £150 range which is able to fit in my case...
(so practically anything except a radeon X1950 PRO - 10 inches is just obscene)
 
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