My take on the Quadra 950 PSU

[Joe_Goes]

After a year or so with on and off research I was finally able to bring my precious Quadra 950 back to life.

Thank you Geekdot

 

[imactheknife]

Sweet good job

 

[ArmorAlley]

Well done!
They are noisy beasts, and, of late, prone to failure. After only 30 years too.

@BadGoldEagle also did good work with the PSU of his Q950.

BGE's take on the Quadra 900/950 ATX PSU Mod

Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, I would like to talk about the rapidly decreasing population of working Quadra 9x0 (900 and 950) specimens. If no action is taken within the next 5 or 10 years, the entire specie will soon disappear. Although the exact cause of death is still unknown, most...

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[joshc]

I rebuilt mine based on geekdot’s guide. @Durosity now has it, hopefully my handy work is holding up.

 

[Durosity]

@Durosity now has it, hopefully my handy work is holding up.

Sure is! It’s one of my favourites in my collection!

 

[Joe_Goes]

slowly but surely…

Decided to “upgrade” the fan to a Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC-2000. Original fan drew 0.52amps, replacement power supply fan draws 0.30 and the noctua says it draws 0.1amp.

 

[Joe_Goes]

She’s up and running lads!

Next up… clean up the peripheral board, wire up with wago connectors.

Fan a bit loud, going to see if I can wire up a fan controller.