PSU testing

Defib, NICE!! Someone has some medical terminology under their belt. Made me laugh harder than any other crack I've seen here in some time!! Haha I'll take a look at wiki and see if anyone else has comments.

I got the 'booklet' for the PSU that has all the modular connections and such. I was hoping that if the thing is getting power, maybe the EPS 8 pin for example has some loose connection or some planet aligned with a wrong star and I luck out. Never know I guess.

Think if I took this to an electrician or someone in that field, they would have any luck with it or do I need a 'computer tech' with his EE degree?

If you don't mind spending $15,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

I've never used one, it has good reviews though.

Computer power supplies are technically quite simple for someone that is into electronics. A regular electrician would have no clue, most of them that do standard building wiring are only worried about how many amps a wire is carrying, what percentage to derate when you have x number of cables in a conduit, % voltage drop over a distance, etc....

If you find an electrician who wanted to get an EE or actually has one, he may be able to figure it out. Or a tech guy with an EE degree or electronics hobbyist. But they should be your friend so you get it done for free because if you have to pay someone to test it it will rapidly exceed the price of the unit. When I took my A+ cert for pc repair back in, uh, 1995? we had to know how to fix laser printers (test had questions on what a ground symbol meant, etc..) but nothing to do with power supply internals.

As i said, simplest thing is short green to black, if it doesn't come on, disconnect, check fuses. Beyond that, make sure someone is near you to jumpstart if necessary.

Your wiki link didn't work, but I found it.

I shorted 16/17 and nothing, so apart it comes. I was able to take my other Silverstone I got from the same dude at the same time and short 16/17 and used a voltmeter to test all the outputs and they were all right on volt spec, so now I got at least one nice fully functional Silverstone. Thanks for the link and how to short without a mobo involvement.

The PSU tester looks kinda cool, I might get one and do some self education to learn how to rebilud or repair PSUs, we have no one around here (smaller town) that does it. Maybe I can make a buck or two, haha

Anyway, thanks ngoy, especially since you were the only one that replied. There seems at time to be a lot of 'experts' on here, but rarely when you ask a technical question do you get pointed in the right way by someone who actually has a clue!!

Cheers!

Best answer selected by scottiemedic.

You are welcome! My experience comes at the expense of being zapped by bad wiring more than once. That and I used to be an electronics hobbyist for lack of a better term. Breadboard stuff, never moved on to etching my own pcb's though. Good luck on fixing the old psu!