Is this old power supply safe?

[NaeNae11]

So I got a power supply like 3 months ago and it seems like an old power supply because it has a red volt switch. I haven't encountered any problems with it but it doesn't have a on and off switch. I am worried that it might be a low quality psu but I haven't had any problems with it. I don't know the name of the power supply because I haven't really checked. Is it safe? It has held its self for 3 months so is there a chance that it can short circuit in the upcoming future?

 

[antoine21839]

So I got a power supply like 3 months ago and it seems like an old power supply because it has a red volt switch. I haven't encountered any problems with it but it doesn't have a on and off switch. I am worried that it might be a low quality psu but I haven't had any problems with it. I don't know the name of the power supply because I haven't really checked. Is it safe? It has held its self for 3 months so is there a chance that it can short circuit in the upcoming future?

Brand/model/pictures ?

 

[10tacle]

Well without giving us the make and model (or even wattage) it's not possible to even analyze it. There should be writing on the side of it giving the details.

 

[dudio]

I don't know, I'm not phsychic, and I'm just baking cookies.. do you think they are ready?
You really should give more detail on the PSU make, etc and also the rest of your system specs.

 

[mrmike_49]

swami says" if it don't even have an ON/OFF switch, must be a POS"

 

[antoine21839]

So I got a power supply like 3 months ago and it seems like an old power supply because it has a red volt switch. I haven't encountered any problems with it but it doesn't have a on and off switch. I am worried that it might be a low quality psu but I haven't had any problems with it. I don't know the name of the power supply because I haven't really checked. Is it safe? It has held its self for 3 months so is there a chance that it can short circuit in the upcoming future?

BTW (assuming you live in a country where electricity is at 240v) :
never
EVER
Switch your PSU to 120V mode.

 

[atljsf]

you are asking for information of something you didn't told us what it is, no model, brand, anything!

how could we know what you have there and if it is good or bad

 

[coozie7]

If it has the old style voltage selection switch it's almost certainly an...Well...Old design, half decent powersupplies have been able to autodetect for some years now.
But we really need more details.

 

[NaeNae11]

It has 230 watts. I found it on amazon named "Alimentation PSU AcBel API2PC33 (74P4405/74P4300) 230W IBM ThinkCentre 8183 CTO"

 

[turkey3_scratch]

It has 230 watts. I found it on amazon named "Alimentation PSU AcBel API2PC33 (74P4405/74P4300) 230W IBM ThinkCentre 8183 CTO"

It's basically a PSU from an IBM prebuilt. So it would do fine under a similar computer. Then again it's also possible it could have certain specifications tied to that IBM computer, such as the cables being incompatible. If you're building a new computer, don't get it.

 

[NaeNae11]

No, no. It's already built into my computer. I'm just asking if it's decent enough to keep. 230W isn't a lot so I think I should be safe.

 

[atljsf]

if you want to put a gpu in that pc, get rid of i if possible

if the pc will be used without a dedicated gpu, keep it

 

[NaeNae11]

I already have a gpu in it

 

[atljsf]

get rid of it before it becomes a problem, it is what i would do

 

[NaeNae11]

Working on saving money, although I doubt it will break soon because I haven't had any problems with it for 3 months.

 

[atljsf]

once you apply load in it and cpu with gpu starts to ask for watts the psu doesn't have, well, you will see sudden restarts or other fun results, including smoke, weird smells and dead part on the pc, also all the psu nad cpu in general must be very hot when you play i think