Sawtooth Rev 2. Power supply

Hi all, i was wondering where i could buy a replacement Power supply for a Rev. 2 Sawtooth, i think that it is the 237 watt psu, and cannot find any on ebay for this model under 100 dollars. Does the 200w rev 1 PSU work on this model computer, And one more question, Is there anywhere that sells logic board mounting screws for the Rev. 2 sawtooth, i misplaced one and dont want to rely on just the 2 screws holding it in. Thanks!

Hi,
usually, the power is balanced between the the power supplies.
See the picture for an example.
Hope this helps
Martin
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    Again, thank you for input and attention. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. It will be sometime next week until I will be able to perform any more troubleshooting unfortunately. Do you see anything wrong with the "Initiate" method call, especially the name used? I'm curious if I should use the full name instead of the alias, but if that is the case why does the "initiate" call work the 2nd time? Oh well, I'll give it a try. Thanks again.
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Data;
    using System.Drawing;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Windows.Forms;
    using Ivi.DCPwr.Interop;
    using Ivi.SessionFactory.Interop;
    namespace IviDcPower
        public partial class Form1 : Form
            IIviDCPwr _DcPwrSession;
            IIviDCPwrOutput _IiviDcPwrOutput;
            public Form1()
                InitializeComponent();
            private void btnCreateSession_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
                try
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                    // Ask the session factory to create an instance of
                    // the appropriate driver based on a logical name
                    _DcPwrSession = (IIviDCPwr)factory.CreateDriver("ProgDCPS");
                    addText("Session created");
                catch (Exception ex)
                    addText(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().ToString() + "\r\n" + ex.ToString());
            private void btnInitialize_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
                try
                    addText("Initializing...");
                    _DcPwrSession.Initialize("ProgDCPS", cbQueryID.Checked, cbReset.Checked, "");
                    if (_DcPwrSession.Initialized)
                        // Use IIviDcPwrOutput class-compliant interfaces, interchangeable code
                        _IiviDcPwrOutput = _DcPwrSession.Outputs.get_Item("");
                        addText("Success");
                catch (Exception ex)
                    addText(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().ToString() + "\r\n" + ex.ToString());
                    addText("Failed (Exception)");
            private void addText(string text)
                textBox1.Text = text + "\r\n\r\n" + textBox1.Text;
            private void btnCloseSession_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
                try
                    _DcPwrSession.Close();
                    addText("Session closed");
                catch (Exception ex)
                    addText(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().ToString() + "\r\n" + ex.ToString());

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