Re: hardware troubleshooting

On Tue, August 24, 2010 1:20 pm, Martin Visser wrote:


Martin, thanks

> You can measure this with a multimeter. (You should expect to see +/-5V,
> +/-12V and 3.3V where appropriate.

using a simple DMM, under power, at the peripheral power connector,
I get 12.15 and 5.17

once I unplug m/b, and, power up 'idle', I get at m/b connector:
3.41, 5.27, 5.10, 11.88
11.13, 4.63

but, peripheral power connector now also gives below 12v, and, once
mainboard plugged in, peripheral connector goes back to 12.15

then I compared to another PSU, and, got similar readings as above,

so, I guess this should be tested under load ? but where do I clip meter to ?


> The other thing is remove all of the non-essential peripherals (CD other
> HDs, FANs) temporarily and see whether it stays up longer.

> New power supplies can be bought for around $30 from your local PC parts
> shop and is possibly worth even trying a swap out.

I'll try as well


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