Dell Dimension E520 PSU replacement advice

[DirkyDanglar]

Can I ask for a bit of advice,
I have a Dell Dimension E520 that is now six years old and has just stopped working, when I turn it on the power light on the front glows and dims but nothing else happens? The PC had been playing up for a couple of months showing the same symptoms but turning the power on and off a couple of times normally fixed it but now it will not so I suspect it needs a new power supply.

Q1 . Does my diagnosis of power supply replacement seem right

Q2. The PSU is a L3059-01 any advice as to what one should I replace it with

Regards DD

 

[Exos]

Sounds about right to be honest, but you could probably pick up a cheap second hand PC for not much more which would be more up to date rather than spend £40 on a PSU

DELL DIMENSION E520 E521 PC 305W PSU POWER SUPPLY NH493 | eBay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELL-DIME...omputing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item232329c2d3

What spec is your current PC?

 

[DirkyDanglar]

I upgraded it in 2010, see my post: Dell Dimension E520 CPU upgrade
https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/index.php?threads/242898/

I have at the moment a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz Model 15, Stepping 2 with 64 bit WIN7 and 6gig RAM, and 3TB of hard drives. I use the PC for my main storage so would like to keep it going if cheep enough.

DD

Sounds about right to be honest, but you could probably pick up a cheap second hand PC for not much more which would be more up to date rather than spend £40 on a PSU

DELL DIMENSION E520 E521 PC 305W PSU POWER SUPPLY NH493 | eBay

DELL DIMENSION E520 E521 PC 305W PSU POWER SUPPLY PSU NH493 L305P-01 | eBay

What spec is your current PC?

 

[DirkyDanglar]

Further to this thread, I have now replaced the PSU, everything working fine

Thanks for advice DD:licka:

Sounds about right to be honest, but you could probably pick up a cheap second hand PC for not much more which would be more up to date rather than spend £40 on a PSU

DELL DIMENSION E520 E521 PC 305W PSU POWER SUPPLY NH493 | eBay

DELL DIMENSION E520 E521 PC 305W PSU POWER SUPPLY PSU NH493 L305P-01 | eBay

What spec is your current PC?