Unless I misread the post, the original question begins by asking how to
test a power supply, not just how one uses a meter to do the test.

If anyone knows how to do this, I'd be interested to hear.  Several times
I've wanted to test a power supply on the work bench, but when they're not
connected to a computer, they don't function at all, ie you can feed power
in, but nothing comes out the other end.

I have an idea that you can short out a couple of the connector pins, to
simulate the motherboard switch, but I don't want to try it out without
knowing the right ones.

Incidentally, if the original poster (sorry, I forgot who that was) is still
wondering how to use a meter, set it to 10 volts DC.

The power supply puts out two voltages, 5v and 12v.  On my non-digital
meter, there are several scales on its' face, so 12v doesn't kick it off the
clock.


Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "joseph marty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Power Supply problems & testing with a multimeter


> Go to www.google.com and type in "How to use a multimeter" (with the
quotes). It came up with pages of sites for you to choose from in a
nanosecond.
>
>
> >Can anyone provide instructions on how to test a power supply using a
meter.

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