I have an HP Pavilion PC 6746C and it has suddenly just quit.
I'm suspecting it's either the power supply or the 'on' switch but I
am not sure what would be a good online source of a replacement and
would appreciate it if someone could give me a suggestion and/or link
to a suitable place.
IIRC, these are the small form factor power supplies with an extra 3-pin lead to
be connected to the motherboard for control of the power supply fan. In any
case, the 6746C is no longer a high value item in the year 2008, and you could
do worse than buy a power supply on eBay. These power supplies are no longer
made.
Before spending money on another power supply, you could test the system with
just about any standard ATX power supply in working order. HP, unlike Dell, did
not use a non-standard power supply connector in its Pentium 3 and Celeron
systems. I would suggest you do so, to rule out the possibility of a burned out
motherboard.
The motherboard is a Trigem Cognac model, and the 6746C shares the power supply
and motherboard with several other Pavilion models. Unfortunately, because I
have limited space for computer parts, I had to scrap or sell off real cheap any
Pavilion systems which are compatible with yours. If the motherboard is dead, I
can sell you another one for real cheap, as I have kept a couple of the Trigem
Cognac motherboards. If you are not running Windows, you can put almost any
microATX Socket 370 Pentium 3 or Celeron motherboard inside the chassis.
.... Ben Myers
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:54:02 -0700 (PDT), ru4linux2 <limeylew@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have an HP Pavilion PC 6746C and it has suddenly just quit.
>
>I'm suspecting it's either the power supply or the 'on' switch but I
>am not sure what would be a good online source of a replacement and
>would appreciate it if someone could give me a suggestion and/or link
>to a suitable place.
>
>TIA.
>
>Lewis.
>
>*****
On Jun 11, 9:03*am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
wrote:
> IIRC, these are the small form factor power supplies with an extra 3-pin lead to
> be connected to the motherboard for control of the power supply fan. *In any
> case, the 6746C is no longer a high value item in the year 2008, and you could
> do worse than buy a power supply on eBay. *These power supplies are no longer
> made.
>
> Before spending money on another power supply, you could test the system with
> just about any standard ATX power supply in working order. *HP, unlike Dell, did
> not use a non-standard power supply connector in its Pentium 3 and Celeron
> systems. *I would suggest you do so, to rule out the possibility of a burned out
> motherboard.
>
> The motherboard is a Trigem Cognac model, and the 6746C shares the power supply
> and motherboard with several other Pavilion models. * Unfortunately, because I
> have limited space for computer parts, I had to scrap or sell off real cheap any
> Pavilion systems which are compatible with yours. *If the motherboard is dead, I
> can sell you another one for real cheap, as I have kept a couple of the Trigem
> Cognac motherboards. * If you are not running Windows, you can put almost any
> microATX Socket 370 Pentium 3 or Celeron motherboard inside the chassis.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:54:02 -0700 (PDT), ru4linux2 <limey...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I have an HP Pavilion PC 6746C and it has suddenly just quit.
>
> >I'm suspecting it's either the power supply or the 'on' switch but I
> >am not sure what would be a good online source of a replacement and
> >would appreciate it if someone could give me a suggestion and/or link
> >to a suitable place.
>
> >TIA.
>
> >Lewis.
>
> >*****
Thanks very much for your helpful reply.
Fortunately for me, I found a gentleman in the neighborhood who has a
bunch of old computer stuff and he gave me an Astec ATX93-3405 power
supply.
It runs the computer just fine but I'm going to have to modify the
case a little to get it to fit inside.
Maybe it's easier to transplant the guts of the 6746C to a more standard chassis
which will handle the Astec power supply? People are tossing out systems and
cases a lot these days as a result of upgrading... Ben Myers
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:22:10 -0700 (PDT), ru4linux2 <limeylew@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Jun 11, 9:03*am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
>wrote:
>> IIRC, these are the small form factor power supplies with an extra 3-pin lead to
>> be connected to the motherboard for control of the power supply fan. *In any
>> case, the 6746C is no longer a high value item in the year 2008, and you could
>> do worse than buy a power supply on eBay. *These power supplies are no longer
>> made.
>>
>> Before spending money on another power supply, you could test the system with
>> just about any standard ATX power supply in working order. *HP, unlike Dell, did
>> not use a non-standard power supply connector in its Pentium 3 and Celeron
>> systems. *I would suggest you do so, to rule out the possibility of a burned out
>> motherboard.
>>
>> The motherboard is a Trigem Cognac model, and the 6746C shares the power supply
>> and motherboard with several other Pavilion models. * Unfortunately, because I
>> have limited space for computer parts, I had to scrap or sell off real cheap any
>> Pavilion systems which are compatible with yours. *If the motherboard is dead, I
>> can sell you another one for real cheap, as I have kept a couple of the Trigem
>> Cognac motherboards. * If you are not running Windows, you can put almost any
>> microATX Socket 370 Pentium 3 or Celeron motherboard inside the chassis.
>>
>> ... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:54:02 -0700 (PDT), ru4linux2 <limey...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >I have an HP Pavilion PC 6746C and it has suddenly just quit.
>>
>> >I'm suspecting it's either the power supply or the 'on' switch but I
>> >am not sure what would be a good online source of a replacement and
>> >would appreciate it if someone could give me a suggestion and/or link
>> >to a suitable place.
>>
>> >TIA.
>>
>> >Lewis.
>>
>> >*****
>
>Thanks very much for your helpful reply.
>
>Fortunately for me, I found a gentleman in the neighborhood who has a
>bunch of old computer stuff and he gave me an Astec ATX93-3405 power
>supply.
>
>It runs the computer just fine but I'm going to have to modify the
>case a little to get it to fit inside.
>
>Kind regards.
>
>Lewis.
>
>*****
>>
>> >*****
>
>Thanks very much for your helpful reply.
>
>Fortunately for me, I found a gentleman in the neighborhood who has a
>bunch of old computer stuff and he gave me an Astec ATX93-3405 power
>supply.
>
>It runs the computer just fine but I'm going to have to modify the
>case a little to get it to fit inside.
>
>Kind regards.
>
>Lewis.
>
>*****
This may be true, but this model of HP Pavilion has a stinking odd form factor
power supply with connector to the motherboard not often found on other power
supplies, not the usual standard form factor sold by PC Power & Cooling. In
other words, this is a non-standard custom OEM power supply, except for the
blessedly standard ATX power connector... Ben Myers
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:23:26 -0400, "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com>
wrote:
In article <q0k85498sag04sqfmepnrishvv6itoup1u@4ax.com>, ben_myers_spam_me_not at charter.net wrote:
>This may be true, but this model of HP Pavilion has a stinking odd form factor
>power supply with connector to the motherboard not often found on other power
>supplies, not the usual standard form factor sold by PC Power & Cooling. In
>other words, this is a non-standard custom OEM power supply, except for the
>blessedly standard ATX power connector... Ben Myers
>
>On Sat, 14 Jun 20
>In article <q0k85498sag04sqfmepnrishvv6itoup1u@4ax.com>, ben_myers_spam_me_not at charter.net wrote:
>>This may be true, but this model of HP Pavilion has a stinking odd form factor
>>power supply with connector to the motherboard not often found on other power
>>supplies, not the usual standard form factor sold by PC Power & Cooling. In
>>other words, this is a non-standard custom OEM power supply, except for the
>>blessedly standard ATX power connector... Ben Myers
>>
>>On Sat, 14 Jun 20
>
>
>You mean the connector marked P7 ?
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