General_Failure wrote:
After rearranging, repairing and reassembling, I powered it up without anything attached. The fan did the dreaded death twitch, then no more movement.
Generally, you should *not* power up switch-mode supplies without any load attached. Best case, the output will not switch on. Worst case, you can damage the supply.
Regards, -- | Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it | <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!"