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wesker
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 Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:00 am Post subject: Building a fileserver in Korea |
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Hey everyone,
I have a technical question for you guys. I have a built a 6TB server in Europe and I want to take it over to South Korea. Now I am going to take it apart and rebuild it in SK but I am wondering about the voltage problem.
I have 4 internal SATA hard drives, SATA PCI adapter and a gigabit ethernet controller and that is basically the server, it will fit inside a small lunchbox. I am thinking about buying a PC shell over there (motherboard, power unit, etc.) but I am wondering will it fry the European components?
I understand that the voltage is different over there but what would happen if I put the EU components in a SK PC? Will it 'splode?!  |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| isn't the voltage in Korea and Europe the same? |
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wesker
Joined: 01 Feb 2010
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Building a fileserver in Korea |
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| wesker wrote: |
Hey everyone,
I have a technical question for you guys. I have a built a 6TB server in Europe and I want to take it over to South Korea. Now I am going to take it apart and rebuild it in SK but I am wondering about the voltage problem.
I have 4 internal SATA hard drives, SATA PCI adapter and a gigabit ethernet controller and that is basically the server, it will fit inside a small lunchbox. I am thinking about buying a PC shell over there (motherboard, power unit, etc.) but I am wondering will it fry the European components?
I understand that the voltage is different over there but what would happen if I put the EU components in a SK PC? Will it 'splode?! |
The input side of the power supply may differ but the output side (inside the computer) is the same GLOBALLY.
Just get a PS here and your problem is solved (they are too heavy to pack with you anyway.). |
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dazzed
Joined: 26 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Actually... all PSU's are the same. If you look in the back of all PSU's there's a little switch that sets them to 120v to 240v. You just need to change the cable that fits the right plug to the country you're in.
Found that out the stupid way. I was playing around one day and fried my whole computer in the process. Curiosity killed the cat. In my sense my comp  |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| dazzed wrote: |
Actually... all PSU's are the same. If you look in the back of all PSU's there's a little switch that sets them to 120v to 240v. You just need to change the cable that fits the right plug to the country you're in.
Found that out the stupid way. I was playing around one day and fried my whole computer in the process. Curiosity killed the cat. In my sense my comp |
Nope.... I am looking at the back of my wife's computer and it is NOT dual voltage. 240VAC/60Hz.
My computer on the other hand does have a dual voltage switch, 110/240VAC.
Regardless... the input may vary but the output side of a desktop PS is universal, globally.
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