Can I upgrade this gateway to my 350W PSU?

WDSnav · 12-22-2008, 07:06 PM

Im wanting to save money and I have a dead Dell Dimension 8400 computer with a 350W PSU. As far as I know, I think this was after the time Dell quit making their PSUs proprietary. I want to know if I will be able to take that power supply out and replace the 160W in this gateway 500S model computer. Will I have any problems upgrading? Thanks.

**simpswr** · 12-23-2008, 08:49 AM

The powersupply in the 8400 is indeed standard . . not the older Dell proprietary version. If it is the same physical size, it should work. The 8400 P/S will have some SATA power connectors and may not have enough PATA power connectors, but you can use splitters or adaptors to get around that

12-22-2008, 07:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
WDSnav Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 183 OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP3, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Build 6956	Can I upgrade this gateway to my 350W PSU? Im wanting to save money and I have a dead Dell Dimension 8400 computer with a 350W PSU. As far as I know, I think this was after the time Dell quit making their PSUs proprietary. I want to know if I will be able to take that power supply out and replace the 160W in this gateway 500S model computer. Will I have any problems upgrading? Thanks.

12-23-2008, 08:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
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