Found a Gateway SX2802-07 at auction for $5.

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my roommate has a low income and has been wanting a pc.. he was at an auction today and bought a gateway SX802-07 for $5 but its dead in the water.. i think it needs a new power supply, or a fuse. but i don't know much about gateways . does this models power supply have a fuse?

it has a windows 7 license and .. in the case on the housing covering the power supply it say's
LITEON Model NO: PS-5221-06

i wish i could give more info about it but ..until i can boot it up i cant even get a post code.
i did open it up and check the power button to make sure it was conected properly everything seems in order.
 
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They were proprietary PSUs................If you managed to find one, I'd be surprised if they weren't at least $100.
EDIT: I was close. Aftermarket PSU, out of stock. But $90 here

A more economical option would be to move all the components to a new case & get a standard ATX PSU
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They were proprietary PSUs................If you managed to find one, I'd be surprised if they weren't at least $100.
EDIT: I was close. Aftermarket PSU, out of stock. But $90 here

A more economical option would be to move all the components to a new case & get a standard ATX PSU
 
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Well as you have worked out by now the gateway SX802 is a slimline custom case affair.
Meaning the power supply is not of a standard ATX power supply dimension.
dimension.

All power supplies have an internal fuse inside the housing of the power supply unit.
The fuse, should be when looking at it a surge designed fuse.

Most of the fuses internal to power supplies are physically soldered to the circuit board of the power supply unit.
And will often have a rating that you will not find to be the same as a standard 13amp, or 5amp fuse typically found in most uk wall plugs.

I have no doubt you have at least tried to find one on e-bay, and in the process found that the PSU costs from £40 or more. Due to a fact it is a custom form factor.
You will also probably find also if you try to use a standard Atx power supply that it will not have or contain the right power connector blocks that the custom Liteon PS-5221-06 has. If your lucky and it does.

Your best solution would be to find another case to house the motherboard of the gateway SX802-07 system.
Along with the other components inside that case.
So you can fit a Standard size ATX power supply.

 
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Thank you for the speedy response.. i was thinking along those lines. i just need to find a cheap case/ PSU like i said my roommates income is pretty limited. lol.. he just came in and placed it in my lap and asked if i could fix it.. doh.
 
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