Ryder252 Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 Okay, that gives me some hope. I was thinking about getting a good, quiet 400w supply off of ebay and hooking it up to the adapter. Something like an Antec or EVGA, with 80+ cert. The only video I found on YouTube about this mentioned that PFC was something to look out for, but the guy was using an older XPS with a P2 instead of a 4100 so maybe there was a difference in how they handled it. Here's the vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5wmwfsbaNM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 The video at least confirmed that the P7 (or P10) connector is with all 3.3V. As said I personally never heard of a PFC (Power Factor Correction) PSU giving issues, but that doesn't mean much, the catching fire could be true or only a metropolitan legend for all I know. From what I know the PFC is essentially circuitry on the "high voltage" side of the PSU (AC mains) and whether a PSU has (or has it not) is (should be) irrelevant on the low (DC) voltage side, the whole idea is to transform an reactive load on the grid into a (almost) resistive one, thus old dansdata article explains it: http://www.dansdata.com/gz028.htm jaclaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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