- Joined
- Dec 27, 2004
- Location
- NYC
So I've had the parts sitting around for a new rig I've been trying to build since December. I put it together, but I have not been successful with getting it to start. I haven't had the time since then, and my multimeter was dead and blah blah blah. I finally went and got a new 9volt battery for my tester and looked up some vids on youtube to figure out how to test my psu. Heres what I did:
First, I set my tester to 20 volts DC and then I went to test a molex with my tester. Inserted the black rod into a ground (one of the black wire leads) and the red in both the yellow and red leads in order. I would get a momentary read on the multimeter and it would immediately go to zero. I tried this with the psu, on and off (although I imagine I won't get anything with it off). After looking at another youtube video, I found a paperclip and inserted it in the green wire and a ground on my 24 pin. The psu started venting air out (it was clearly audible as well, as opposed to it being silent like all times before), and I connected a fan to a molex and it started working as well. I then tested another molex and got good voltage readings (red was around 5 volts and so on). Does this indicate a malfunctioning PSU or am I doing something wrong? I've had the system all set up, but it just seems that the mobo lights that show if its powered on would only get as far as lighting on for a fraction of a second and dying. Does this read like theres something wrong with my PSU? Its an antex 430W I got with a rebate from Newegg, btw, and I'm using it on a pretty basic rig.
First, I set my tester to 20 volts DC and then I went to test a molex with my tester. Inserted the black rod into a ground (one of the black wire leads) and the red in both the yellow and red leads in order. I would get a momentary read on the multimeter and it would immediately go to zero. I tried this with the psu, on and off (although I imagine I won't get anything with it off). After looking at another youtube video, I found a paperclip and inserted it in the green wire and a ground on my 24 pin. The psu started venting air out (it was clearly audible as well, as opposed to it being silent like all times before), and I connected a fan to a molex and it started working as well. I then tested another molex and got good voltage readings (red was around 5 volts and so on). Does this indicate a malfunctioning PSU or am I doing something wrong? I've had the system all set up, but it just seems that the mobo lights that show if its powered on would only get as far as lighting on for a fraction of a second and dying. Does this read like theres something wrong with my PSU? Its an antex 430W I got with a rebate from Newegg, btw, and I'm using it on a pretty basic rig.
