Hi -
Tenuously on-topic, but hopefully someone can help.
I use an external 5v/12v power supply to temporarily run hard drives during repair and tinkering. The Chinese rubbish they sell on eBay (eg
I would happily pay £20 for a good quality version from a reliable manufacturer. Does anyone happen to know where something like this is available?
Thanks Steve
I just use one of these (ebay no. 151798079800) or rather, the same thing pulled out of an old PC before I threw it away.
Nick
Convert ATX PSU to Bench Supply
An ATX power supply? Small one won't cost much more than 20 quid. Get one from CPC - they sell decent quality.
Possibly unhelpful answer, but I use a PSU from an old computer for this. Obviously one has to be comfortable with wires around the place.
Heh, so everyone's suggesting hotwiring an old PSU. Funnily enough I had one of those, but I binned it because it was too big/noisy/tangle-of-cabley for easy portable use. Should've kept it and modified it, perhaps. De-soldered the un-needed connectors, done the 7v trick on the fan, could've been okay.
That'll learn me... :-)
Open it up and clip off the ones you don't need.
You will need to add a link to power it up, though.
Depending on what you are doing and what other PCs you use, how heavily loaded, etc., you could take a lead from an existing, working PC just for power.
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