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Scientific Atlanta (Cisco) 1 GHz Combiner and PSU Teardown

Teardown of Cisco / Atlanta Scientific Cable TV combining amplifier. These small amplifiers are used in receiver stations with combining amplifiers to send out the different channels on a single cable. In houses a splitter is used to receive this signal and distribute to more households. Historically CATV is short for Community Antenna TV. A […]

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Server PSU Hack – Dell N870P / NPS-885AB. 12V 71A 870W

The Dell N870P power supply origins from the redundant PSU for the Dell Poweredge R710 / T610 rack servers. This article and video shows how to make it run standalone. Pictures of the Dell N870P / NPS-885AB unit and its specifications. The list of hacked server power supplies gets longer and longer. Use my guides

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Server PSU Hack – ACBEL FSA021 IBM 39Y7228, 12VDC 38A 460W

A guide on how to make the, ACBEL FSA021 IBM 39Y7228, server power supply run outside of its server enclosure. You might also be interested in reading about the Server PSU Hack – HP DPS-800GB A, 12VDC 1000W or the Server PSU Hack – EMC2 API4SG10 12VDC 300W From a Dell PowerEdge M1000E. ACBEL FSA021

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Canon CHDK

Canon Ixus V70 Hack with CHDK for High Speed Photography

Turn your old compact Canon camera into a high speed photography camera with Canon Hack Development Kit I bypass the battery pack and make the camera run on a power supply, as the CHDK software takes a lot of CPU power, I also add a fan to cool down the CPU and optics. CHDK: https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/CHDK

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EMC2 API4SG10 12VDC 300W From a Dell PowerEdge M1000E

Server PSU Hack – EMC2 API4SG10 12VDC 300W From a Dell PowerEdge M1000E

There are several other server power supply hacks available here on the site. Use the search in the menu to the right to find them. A guide on how to make the, EMC2 API4SG10 (Dell# 071-000-482) , server power supply run outside of its server enclosure. A simple bridge between control pins next to the

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Server PSU Hack - HP DPS-800GB A 12VDC 1000W

Server PSU Hack – HP DPS-800GB A, 12VDC 1000W

A guide on how to make the, HP DPS-800GB Rev. A, server power supply run outside of its server enclosure. Be sure to check out the related posts or make a search here on the site for other server power supply hacks. A simple bridge between pin 31 and 34 is required and it is

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Dell PowerEdge M1000E Blade Server Teardown

Dell PowerEdge M1000E Blade Server Teardown

I came by a discarded full size Dell PowerEdge M1000E server rack. Full SAN, 2 large blade servers, 4 or 6 backbone switches, all power supplies and fans. This is a system that is about 8-10 years old and had a new price of around 1000000 DKR (166666 $US).It was all unloaded in a big

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Anet A8 3D Printer Upgrades: 12V Power Supply From a Server

This is the first upgrade for the Anet A8 3D printer. A new power supply from a HP server will be a fire-hazard reducing upgrade. The original PSU is a undersized and over-specified power supply, that came with the printer. 12V @ 62A is of cause much more powerful than needed for the Anet A8.

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