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Hey all, I've been a notebook enthusiast for several years. Currently rocking a M17x R2 with dual 7970m's and a 720 watt psu.

Just did some more testing. The 330 Watt PSU will trip around 220-240 Watts. I tried using only a single 240 Watt PSU, and I was able to pull 280 watts and it didn't trip . . . starting to think my 330 watt PSU is bad. Can I fix it? Or should I buy a new one? EDIT Thinking if I can find the breaker in the PSU and bypass it, I might get somewhere. Anyone know where it is? A schematic of this thing would be very useful.

Just to give some input. I've been using a dual 480 Watt PSU for over a year. I consistently am able to draw 330-350 Watts from the wall under really heavy loads. The computer shuts down when draw exceeds ~330 Watts for an extended period of time. I just bought a M18x 330 Watt PSU and did the ID chip tansplant. Everything went well - and functions. Bios sees the PSU as the 240 Watt one. However when using the 330 Watt PSU, the breaker inside the PSU will trip when I pull around 240 watts from the wall - compared to the 330+ Watts I can pull from the 480 Watt PSU setup before it trips. Is this a simple matter of the 330 Watt PSU being too weak or do I have something else going on here? Or is my particular 330 Watt PSU bad?