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Isn't this the filthiest oscilloscope u've seen recently? |
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The only bare metal contact that I could safely use to get a reading off |
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was a +12v line on a spare PCI-E gpu plug. The ground reference is the |
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chassis. |
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You can see the machine's settings in the photo clearly enough. The |
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waveform is fairly constant, it stays in this mode most of the time but |
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sometimes goes into a "low ripple" mode where the ripple falls to +/- |
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20mv and holds tight. The scaling indicates the upward spikes are around |
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0.120 volts and the downward spikes are about 0.22 volts. This |
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__SHOULD__ be within the input tolerances of the motherboard's regulators. |
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I would call this PSU marginal, it absolutely does power the machine but |
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it's noise output is a bit larger than what I would prefer. |
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Given that i'm flat on my ass broke with a foreclosure over my head, I |
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am powerfully inclined to continue to live with the PSU the way it is |
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now until it is no longer possible to do so. |
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I had to use my windows 7 machine to get the photo off my camera because |
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digikam does not compile. =| |
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IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. |
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