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alden

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• May 27, 2003

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I'm currently making a new mod which is going to require a regular size psu to be really close to the mobo. My question is will this harm the mobo if its that close or can i possibly find a smaller than normal psu.

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• May 27, 2003

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alden said:

I'm currently making a new mod which is going to require a regular size psu to be really close to the mobo. My question is will this harm the mobo if its that close or can i possibly find a smaller than normal psu.

Thanks

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If it is not actually touching, I don't see a problem.

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• May 28, 2003

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since there is so much power in the PSU, does it not need shielded to not cause interference?

 

zabomb4163

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• May 28, 2003

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ever seen the inside of a dell?

 

stan03

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• May 29, 2003

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yea what za bomb said, the psu is pretty dern close and there is no sheilding

 

larrymoencurly

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• May 29, 2003

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Doesn't the metal cover provide all the needed shielding because the magnetic components keep their magnetic fields confined inside their cores, except for those small rod-shaped filter chokes on the outputs?

But I once read that a German magazine, maybe C'T, found that a certain Western Digital HD would go nuts if a cell phone was used within inches of it. I don't think any data was lost, but I'm not sure.

 

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• May 30, 2003

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larrymoencurly- you are correct about your first statment, "Doesn't the metal cover provide all the needed shielding because the magnetic components keep their magnetic fields confined inside their cores, except for those small rod-shaped filter chokes on the outputs?"(larrymoencurly). The rod filters are called capaciters and they don't make interfearence. Transformers, coils, and diodes make up most of the interfearence.