Inspire 5700 power supply assistance needed.

Hello,
I have the set[Inspire 5700] but am in a bit of bother. The power supply is missing.
I hope to set these speakers up for a friend but am in need of the power supply.
Can anyone tell me the measure of mA for this psu? I know the voltage[15v] but not the trickle amount. I should be able to get a 15V transformer somewhere.
That's it for now...I'ld be obliged to anyone who has the specs for this as I am unable to get this information from the net or on tech suppot docs from creative.
keeto

Originally Posted by Freezy
edit: I found a post in a german forum saying it needs 15 V 4000mA DC, the guy bought one off ebay with the wrong power supply, but with the manual where he found the info.
Erick ty....
Freezy man, tnx. Just need to know for clarification purposes that the 4000mA is right...that's a 'fair bit of poke' to be wielding.
...just want to make sure is all. ok.
edit:I see that the amps are 4 from erick's post and the 4000mA from F's...I realise[?] that 4000mA is the same as 4A...is it?
keeto

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Well, you are starting out from a fairly low baseline with the integrated graphics. It will not cost much to have a substantial increase if all you want to do is run WoW without error messages. Yes, the 300w power supply is an issue and rules out any card that will require its own power (i.e. needs its own power cord like a hard drive) but there are several mid-grade cards that can run off bus power alone (i.e. just from the pci-e slot itself). Just taking a quick look at newegg.com I see the following:
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