Re: Odd PSU problem

philo <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.comp.hardware
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 9/30/20 8:27 PM, philo wrote:
> On 9/29/20 8:53 PM, Paul wrote:
>> philo wrote:


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> 
> 
> I've been using the 20 pin tester simply to weed out 100% dead supplies.
> 
> 
> On a good 24 pin supply there is always one LED not lit and thus it 
> shows an overall failure.
> 
> Until recently that has proven good enough.
> 
> For peace of mind, next time I place an order to NewEgg, I''l get a 24 
> pin tester.
> 
> 
> Building and repairing very few computers now days...
> used to be three a week.
> 
> 




Had a look at the 24 pin PSU


no -5 volt at all


That is what triggers the 20 pin tester to show fault
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