In this episode, it’s time to install the power supply.
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That’s right - Power!
That’s the name of this episode;
well not really, it’s Installing a Power Supply.
So, we’re actually going to take our 500 watt EVGA power supply
and we’re gonna install it in our case.
So, here at the bench, take a look at our case here.
You’ll see that, well, we’ve got it opened up.
It’s ready to go.
But what’s not ready to go kind of in our way,
are some of these cables.
So one of the things we’re gonna do,
is we’re just gonna use our cable management velcro here.
We’re gonna just pull these cables out of the way.
And what that does is that determines that…
or allows us to kind of work with the area of the power supply
without damaging any of those cables.
So, next up, let’s go ahead,
we’re gonna take our 500 watt power supply.
Nothing really fancy on this one, and we’re gonna go ahead
and we’re gonna install it right here
at the base of the system unit or the case here.
So we’ll go ahead and we’re gonna insert this right here.
Now, one of the things I wanna show ya,
is if we take a look at the tech cam here,
I’ve got one of these little, just, kind of,
finger threaded screws here.
And that’s gonna help me to kind of get this in place
before I start bolting or screwing down the other bolts.
And you’ll see here what I’m going to do
is just kind of line that up and then we’re just gonna put that,
that screw in there and I’m just gonna kind of hand tighten this down.
That’s not going to be…
if you’ll see, it’s not going to be
what we’re going to use for the entire case
but you’ll notice that it helps me to line up
the other four points here.
Notice we’ve got a screw hole here,
we’ve got the screw hole here
and then we’ve also got the one down here.
So, now you’ll see in your case you’ll typically have
a series of bolts and maybe even some twist ties here,
zip ties if you will.
And what we want are the five screws
that actually go to the power supply.
So that’s these screw right here.
And what I’m going to do is I’m just going to go ahead
and I’ll try to put every one of these in place here.
And just lining up the power supply;
that’s one of the reasons the form factor
is really, really important to follow.
Because when you do that, these cases
and the power supplies that their form factors match -
that means these bolts will be…
or screws, I keep saying bolts,
but the screws will be in the right position.
And should line up pretty good for us here.
And since they’re kind of finger tight… you might have to…
you’ll see, you’ll notice that I’m kind of rocking
the power supply back and forth just a little bit.
And that’s just again to get these screws in place.
And this one’s giving me a little bit of a hard time.
But no big deal, we’ll get it eventually.
Alright, so now we’ve got our screws, three of them, in
and what I’m going to do is just take our Phillips head screw driver
and I’m going to go ahead and tighten these up
and we’ll just go ahead, tighten those down.
And then once I’ve got the other ones…
and I’m kind of rocking the power supply back and forth
just to make sure that it lines up good.
And now that we’ve got the other three in
what I’m going to do is I’m going to take this one
and I’m just going to back that one back out.
This is a good handy thing.
These are actually after market case screws
and I actually use these because, boy, do they come in handy
when you need to line up the power supply.
It just makes it a lot easier, rather than trying to fiddle
with your Phillips screw driver at the same time
you’re trying to hold the power supply.
Just makes for an easier experience and an easier installation.
Alright so notice that we’ve got our four screws in place.
And ladies and gentlemen, when it comes down to it,
that’s how you install your power supply.
And that’s what we wanted to show you,
how to identify the proper location
and determine the right installation procedures.
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