Testing a Power Supply
Any advice on how to test a power supply for a desktop?
To check if all the cables are delivering the proper voltage?
Sometimes everything looks OK with a voltage meter but then you put a load on the Power Supply and it fails.
To check if all the cables are delivering the proper voltage?
Sometimes everything looks OK with a voltage meter but then you put a load on the Power Supply and it fails.
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i keep old mobo's around for this
just connect both, and a display, and you see if it actually boots into bios
you can also connect more loads; disk - cd drives etc..
just connect both, and a display, and you see if it actually boots into bios
you can also connect more loads; disk - cd drives etc..
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Look at the power supply connections on the board and see if you can find a measurement point for each power supply lead.
Then turn on the computer and see if the supply is putting out the required voltage at each lead.