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You're absolutely right. The correct way of testing it for voltage is to plug a power connector to a device such as a disk drive/Mobo and then to insert the apparatus behind the connector while plugged. |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Stroller [mailto:stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk] |
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> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:18 AM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Power supply or motherboard dead? |
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> On 20 Mar 2008, at 19:42, Marzan, Richard non Unisys wrote: |
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> > Get a volt meter and measure the voltage. Red is 5+ volts yellow is |
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> > 12+ |
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> > volts; if you're getting less than that or way too much than those |
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> > values then the component needs to be replaced. |
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> I believe that the PSU has to be under load for the voltage to test |
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> correctly. |
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> You can get testers for ATX PSUs for about £20, I noticed recently, |
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> and a search suggests they're much cheaper on eBay (see items |
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> 190207549145, 280209639310) |
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> > Try also swapping the |
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> > memory modules out one by one; interchanging them and see if that |
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> > makes |
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> > it boot up. Some, not all, BIOS programs need some ram to boot the |
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> > machine. |
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> Grant, |
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> It's not clear from your other posts whether you've tried this. If |
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> I'm testing a motherboard I _always_ want to have RAM in it - testing |
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> without doesn't prove anything (to my satisfaction). |
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> > It could also be a broken power switch. If that is the case, |
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> > try to ground the pwr pin to a grnd(black) pin with a flat head screw |
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> > driver on the MB. |
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> Forgot to mention this in my previous post - this is usually one of |
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> the first things I try, because it's so easy to do. |
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> Stroller. |
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