is it ok to have psu upside down? [Archive]

zer0

16th April 2005, 07:31

i was rewireing my computer tonight and i for some reason i put the power supply in upside down (my case has a removeable power supply plate) it happens to be that haveint the power supply this way alows me to have perfect wireing (in my eyes, its probly not as clean as some of your guyses cases) no i have a fan on th bottom of my power supply but i looked at it and i have a nice amount of room for the fan to draw air from (possobly the coolest 1/2th inch in my case, its realy a lil more than that) anyways i want to know if this might cause any issues that i cant see

fillip

16th April 2005, 10:17

i was rewireing my computer tonight and i for some reason i put the power supply in upside down (my case has a removeable power supply plate) it happens to be that haveint the power supply this way alows me to have perfect wireing (in my eyes, its probly not as clean as some of your guyses cases) no i have a fan on th bottom of my power supply but i looked at it and i have a nice amount of room for the fan to draw air from (possobly the coolest 1/2th inch in my case, its realy a lil more than that) anyways i want to know if this might cause any issues that i cant see
No problem whatsoever, in fact my Enermax mounts upside down as standard.

GodsUnicorn

17th April 2005, 02:10

Just remember to seal the fan holes so all the electricity won't run out when you turn it over !!!:blink:

Starbuck3733T

17th April 2005, 02:23

Oh dear :blink:

Yeah, its ok on models that aren't fanless (they're designed for convection) and on models that don't have the bottom fan.

AFAIK the 400W CWT that I have sat upside down in my antec, but sits right side up (well... PCB on the bottom) in my SC5000.

zer0

17th April 2005, 04:52

Just remember to seal the fan holes so all the electricity won't run out when you turn it over !!!:blink:
damn you mean its spilling out...

lol

ok well thanks is anyone interested in a picture of my wireing?

GodsUnicorn

17th April 2005, 15:01

ok well thanks is anyone interested in a picture of my wireing?
Yes, I'll be doing mine soon so I need to pinch, er borrow some ideas.

Starbuck3733T

17th April 2005, 16:12

damn you mean its spilling out...

lol

ok well thanks is anyone interested in a picture of my wireing?

but of course!

zer0

17th April 2005, 18:35

enjoy (its a lil red but im shure you can see the wires... or can you...)

http://img17.paintedover.com/uploads/17/imgp0105.jpg