Topic: ARTICLE: How-to Test Your Computer’s PSU With a Multimeter (Read 274 times)

WA2ONH · « **on:** September 27, 2022, 11:41:32 AM »

ARTICLE: How to Test Your Computer’s PSU With a Multimeter

A recent posting from the HowToGeek.Com site entitled ...
How to Test Your Computer’s PSU With a Multimeter
By JASON FITZPATRICK - SEP 26, 2022
https://www.howtogeek.com/833959/how-to-test-your-computers-psu-with-a-multimeter/

"If you have a digital multimeter on hand, it’s pretty straightforward to test
your PSU and rule out power gremlins as the source of your computer problems."

Save to file and/or print it out for that next time the PC fails to turn on.
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W1RKW · « **Reply #1 on:** September 27, 2022, 01:07:32 PM »

should test it under load.

K8AXW · « **Reply #2 on:** September 29, 2022, 09:18:28 AM »

HAS to be tested under load. Not much, just enough for the internal circuitry to sense.

WA2ONH · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2022, 11:43:23 AM »

Here's a follow up article to further determine if a power supply issue does exist.

8 Signs Your Computer’s PSU Is Failing
JASON FITZPATRICK - OCT 6, 2022
https://www.howtogeek.com/834049/8-signs-your-computers-psu-is-failing/
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