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How to Discover Your Power Supply’s Real Manufacturer

Several famous PC power supply brands don’t really manufacture their products. Learn how to discover who is the real manufacturer of your power supply. Updated to include a new powerful trick.

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Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Using the 80 Plus Report
  • 3. UL Registration Number
  • 4. TÜV SÜD Registration Number
  • 5. CWT (Channel Well Technology)
  • 6. FSP
  • 7. Seasonic
  • 8. Seventeam
  • 9. Enhance Electronics
  • 10. HEC/Compucase

FSP is another power supply manufacturer widely used by several brands. This company may also be referred as Sparkle, Sparkle Power or simply SPI (Sparkle Power, Inc.), which is a company from the same group.

The most common tell on FSP power supplies is the name “SPI” printed on top of the transformers.

FSPFigure 11: “SPI” written on the transformer

Another thing that you may find on units manufactured by this company is FSP’s logo printed on the printed circuit board.

FSPFigure 12: FSP logo

And you can also find the name “FSP” in the beginning of the model number printed on the printed circuit board.

FSPFigure 13: “FSP” is part of the model number

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