Originally Posted by WelwynNick
For the G61, there really is only one option - the FG Elektronik NMC 905. That may work with the G series players as well, but I'd like to try it out first. Pretty much anything will work in the G68, from the FG 905 to the Condor 105. The bigger the better, as far as I'm concerned.
Looking at the pictures of the G06 & G08 in Duncan's Meridian info, where the disc drive effectively occupies half the width of the player, I'm pretty confident the FG 905 supply would be suitable.

However the 800 has always been more of a challenge. The fan is mounted on the floor, the PSU on the inside front panel, and the filter board on the side panel, leaving very little space free for a larger supply. I expect the comapact Condor/Power One HTAA-16W solution won't be powerful enough, and the larger conventional supplies are too large.

Then I had a great idea, and did some test-fitting in an empty 861. With the fan removed (but the disc drive in position) it looks like the 160x100mm FG Elektronik supplies will fit either length-wise or width-wise on the base of the chassis. But who says it has to go on the base? With the SMPS removed, the FG 105 or 905 will mount neatly onto the the extrusions that retain the front chassis panel and the vertical motherboard. It could hang upside-down, with the heat-sink facing the fan.

Alternatively, the 905 could certainly be mounted on the inside of the front panel - where the SMPS is in the picture above, but mountd to the vertical panel rather than on the base. Depending on the position of the fan and the filter board, the FG 905 would probably fit there was well (again, with the heat sink close to the fan).

Feeling much happier now.

Nick