Be careful when checking power supplies. The switching power supply, which
is what all modern computers use, requires some load on the output to work
properly. If you unplug the supply from the motherboard, you would need to
add a resistive load to the 5 volt supply line - say a 1 ohm 25 watt
resistor. I don't know what the minimum required load is - possibly a
smaller load would be satisfactory. If the supply is run unloaded, it is
possible to damage it.

Peter Shkabara, P.E.
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-----Original Message-----
I have a volt meter. If I put one probe of the volt meter into the socket
hole that goes to a red wire, and the other probe into the socket hole that
goes to the adjacent black wire (and the same for the yellow wire and the
adjacent black wire) will this give me the voltage readings that I want?

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