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  • Model 70 Power Supplies

    From schimmi@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 14 07:52:26 2021
    Hey,

    yesterday, my Model 70 PS died.
    It appears, there are two vendors, who built these 132W PS's:
    EU: Procond Elettronica (Made in Italy) and
    US: Astec (Made in HK).
    Mine is the EU Model. After opening it up, you see lots of flux residue, many solder blobs, solder inclusions and a sketchy PCB layout: Components were severely bent, so they can fit in their position without shorting each other. The taped-together 3-
    sheet-paper insulation between PCB and PS-Case is also nothing i'd expect in a machine with that price tag. Does anyone have some photos from the inside of the Astec AA15530 (the US model)? If the layout is as shitty as the EU Model, I'll pass on
    ordering the US one and try to replace the internals with a FlexATX PS.

    Regards,
    Stefan

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to schimmi on Sun Nov 14 16:52:09 2021
    ASTEC AA15530
    P/N 90X9409
    FRU 90X8626

    V Pin mA / Pin
    -12v 1 300 mA
    +12v 3,5,7,9,11 535 mA
    +5v 15-47 ODD 1130 mA
    GND 2-48 EVEN 915 mA

    System Status 49 ---
    Power Good 50 ---

    On 11/14/2021 09:52, schimmi wrote:
    Hey,

    yesterday, my Model 70 PS died.
    It appears, there are two vendors, who built these 132W PS's:
    EU: Procond Elettronica (Made in Italy) and
    US: Astec (Made in HK).
    Mine is the EU Model. After opening it up, you see lots of flux residue, many solder blobs, solder inclusions and a sketchy PCB layout: Components were severely bent, so they can fit in their position without shorting each other. The taped-together 3-
    sheet-paper insulation between PCB and PS-Case is also nothing i'd expect in a machine with that price tag. Does anyone have some photos from the inside of the Astec AA15530 (the US model)? If the layout is as shitty as the EU Model, I'll pass on
    ordering the US one and try to replace the internals with a FlexATX PS.

    Regards,
    Stefan


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  • From schimmi@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Tue Nov 30 15:08:23 2021
    Louis Ohland schrieb am Sonntag, 14. November 2021 um 23:53:11 UTC+1:
    ASTEC AA15530
    P/N 90X9409
    FRU 90X8626

    V Pin mA / Pin
    -12v 1 300 mA
    +12v 3,5,7,9,11 535 mA
    +5v 15-47 ODD 1130 mA
    GND 2-48 EVEN 915 mA

    System Status 49 ---
    Power Good 50 ---
    On 11/14/2021 09:52, schimmi wrote:
    Hey,

    yesterday, my Model 70 PS died.
    It appears, there are two vendors, who built these 132W PS's:
    EU: Procond Elettronica (Made in Italy) and
    US: Astec (Made in HK).
    Mine is the EU Model. After opening it up, you see lots of flux residue, many solder blobs, solder inclusions and a sketchy PCB layout: Components were severely bent, so they can fit in their position without shorting each other. The taped-together 3-
    sheet-paper insulation between PCB and PS-Case is also nothing i'd expect in a machine with that price tag. Does anyone have some photos from the inside of the Astec AA15530 (the US model)? If the layout is as shitty as the EU Model, I'll pass on
    ordering the US one and try to replace the internals with a FlexATX PS.

    Regards,
    Stefan

    The ASTEC arrived yesterday from the US. https://photos.app.goo.gl/PGmw794fXyzvdrdY6 Time for a comparison.

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