There is much more to test from a power supply than just its
electrical behaviour. It can have bad solder joints, weak capacitors
or intermittents, causing hangs only at long term. At full load may
fail to regulate properly or hold at all. Only long term usage in the
target system will tell if it works properly. Marginal supplies may
work better in some systems than others.
Whamspam wrote:
No problem with my computer. I just want to play.
Power Judge by PowMax:
http://www.amazon.com/Pin-ATX-Power-.../dp/B000CP4RRA
Or
CoolMax Power Supply tester:
http://www.amazon.com/Coolmax-24PIN-.../dp/B000BKTESI
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I can't find any instructions on the internet for using these things
effectively.
I was thinking about hooking one of these to an empty power socket with
everything else hooked up. Should be able to boot up and diddle with my
computer without any error signals popping up. Does that sound like a
strategy?
Lingering questions regarding quick pulses or dips in voltage, how high
or low or wide, whether these test devices will recognize quick
excursions outside the voltage limits and hold the error display...?
Maybe I'm getting too deep. If my [slow] DMM is happy, then should I be
satisfied?
Thanks,
-Neil-