PC Power Supply Tester
The PC power supply tester is a great easy tool to use if you suspect
the power from your computer power supply is not supplying the voltage
it is supposed to. As an alternative, you can test the power
supply manually, but this requires a volt meter, and requires you work
with live voltage. It also isn't as easy as plugging in a
tester, and since they are priced to sell, it's the way I recommend for
anyone.
Although
this method isn't bullet proof, it's a great way to easily test a
computer power supply, since most of the time when a computer power
supply goes, this device will test it properly. If this
device
does say your power supply is okay but you still suspect otherwise, get
a motherboard monitoring utility from the manufacturer of the
motherboard to monitor voltages while your computer is running.
The tester I have recommended here is only for use with a
power
supply under 1000W, if your power supply has more watts, you
can get a larger tester, or use a manual method to test your power
supply.
Pictured above is the Ultra X power supply
tester.
Although at the time of this writing, I haven't used it
personally, the reviews of this part speak for themselves. It
is also available for a very fair price from a vendor that I trust, and
have dealt with for many years.
To use this tester, you simply attach the power wires from
your power supply, power on your power supply and an led will confirm
or deny correct power. Really fast and simple, the other plus
side of using this ATX power supply
tester
is, you won't have to take
the power supply out of the case to test it.
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