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ATX power supply
Name: mr.go Date: October 24, 2003 at 22:42:42 Pacific OS: win98 CPU/Ram: 64
Comment:
dear all, i have a simple questions:how to test an athlon ATX power supply if it is working with pluging it into the motherboard?or using a tester.
Name: Saravanan Date: October 24, 2003 at 22:47:50 Pacific
Reply:
Remove all the power connectors to Mb and short Pins 14 and 15 coloured green and black, and switch on the power. Check whether the fan is spinning or not and the outputs
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Response Number 2
Name: mr.go Date: October 24, 2003 at 23:18:33 Pacific
Reply:
yeah thankz...but i cant identify the black one...no prob with coloured green..i dont know where to start my counting...is it from color two orange parallel or red and yellow parallel?
thankz for prompt reply
~_g'thiang_~
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Response Number 3
Name: sidney Date: October 25, 2003 at 02:59:50 Pacific
Name: Stuart Date: October 25, 2003 at 05:05:43 Pacific
Reply:
I would be very wary of using the suggested method of shorting the black and green. This is overriding the Power Supplies safety system.
If the Power supply is allowed to run without a load it will quickley overheat and burn out. It might work, it might fry the Power Supply. Depends on how well it was designed. To test the Powere Supply plug it into the motherboard and one hard disk drive at least.
The only effective way of testing a Power Supply is to put it on a test rig. As this usually costs more than the Powere supply is worth, buying a new one is the cheaper option.
Stuart
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Response Number 5
Name: mr.go Date: October 25, 2003 at 18:16:35 Pacific
Reply:
hi pipol,this is quite confusing,but i have tried it already in just a few seconds and its all fine. Saravanan,thankz a lot. sidney,thankz for the site...i found the layout of the PSU. Stuart,youre right in one way or another.
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BT could Damage ur HD???
