I'm not sure if it is going into overheating shutdown, as that the thermistor is an NTC, so, I'm not 100% sure if the supply even has an overheating shutdown. It is true that it is theoretically doing a similar thing, but why would the 'equation' change, if functional parts were replaced with identical functional parts? I think that there may have been more than one fault to begin with. Also, I will have to check what the output voltages are, but there are no fewer than six wires going in, and twelve wires coming out. it also has to fit inside an enclosure that is not terribly large. There arn't that many components, and the most expensive parts, e.g. fets and the transformer are only 5-10$ a piece. I am pretty tempted to just blindly swap the rest of the components in the unit, but would love to know what is actually wrong, as that upon looking for a solution for this problem, it seems that many other people with the same supply are having the same problem.
Thanks for all the insight and replies!
-Parker