Re: Computer turns on and then just dies

s|b <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:01:02 -0500, Paul wrote:
> 
>> Technically, the PSU I'm currently using, has all the connectors
>> I need, but because the wire won't bend nicely for the work,
>> I am using two adapters, just to make plugging and unplugging
>> two drives easier (the boot drive, the drive I'm "working on"
>> as a technician machine). My optical drive is in an enclosure
>> and runs off a wall wart, and I can move that to any machine not
>> having an optical drive.
> 
> I'm just going to go with the advice I got alternate.be. Told them what
> the old PSU was and asked what to replace it with, considering I needed
> at least 4 SATA connections. They advised this:
> 
> <https://www.alternate.be/Sharkoon/SHP-Bronze-500-W-voeding/html/product/1586770>
> 
> <https://assetscdn.loadbee.com/catalogue/zasu2wmd4974dnnm/www.sharkoon.com/Download//Cases_and_Power/PSU/SHP_Bronze/dmn_SHP-Bronze_04.pdf>
> 
> <https://en.sharkoon.com/product/SHPBRONZE#specs>
> 
> I just want ahead and ordered it (for about 45 euro).

FYI, Sharkoon doesn't manufacture anything.  They stick their brand on
products made by others.  So does Corsair.  The quality of the rebranded
product depends on the company putting their sticker on it as they
decide the level of quality with which they are to be equated.  However,
even within a rebrander, quality can vary based on product or models.
Sharkoon puts their sticker on computer cases, illumination kits,
keyboards, mice, CPU water coolers, mouse pads, keyboard wrist rests,
drive bay adapters, cables, headsets, case fans, chairs, desks,
backpacks, and, oh yes, power supplies.

Sharkoon rebrands PSUs from FSP and Enermax, but their QP and WPM series
are from Channel Well (same OEM for Corsair CX series), and their Rush
series are made by Enhance.  Unless you open the PSU case, you really
don't know whose PSU you get from Sharkoon.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-oem-manufacturer,2913-9.html

A decade old article, but gives you an idea that brands are not always
the manufacturers (OEMs).  This article is old, and purchasing agents at
rebranders often change who are their OEMs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-psus,4229.html

An example of someone reviewing PSUs to determine quality.  In fact, I
remember reading articles there where they test PSUs, like to determine
if they can actually meet their rated specs, under sustained loads at
specs rather then transient loads, what happens to the PSUs under
testing (some burn up at rated specs), ripple voltage, and more.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/how-we-test-psu,4042.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supplies-101,4193.html

You already bought the Sharkoon PSU.  Hopefully whomever is the actual
OEM/mfr is a good one for whatever you get.  Sometimes you can see who
is the OEM by looking inside the PSU case, but often the rebrander slaps
their sticker atop the OEMs mark.