I have installed everything into my new case, and it has a rather generic powersupply.
A picture of my powersupply:
http://webpages.charter.net/jaredguess/psu.jpg
Recognize it?
However, I don't really want to trash the thing if it will perform for a few months until I get some spare cash to buy a "real" PSU. I have a nice multimeter/voltameter (sp?), so I figured I could test the powersupply under load to see how it holds up.
What is the general procedure for doing this?
Ie: Ground one end, and touch the hot end to the red socket of the molex, etc? (speculating).
Please be as specific, and detailed as you can be.
Also giving me a good approx. range of specifications that my PSU should be at, at different loads. IE: The 12V (red) on the 4 pin Moltex should be at apporx 11.4-11.8V under load.. (Just a hypothetical example).
If applicable please give me the information for all the different color/voltages of wires that I can test.
Thanks in advance!
A picture of my powersupply:
http://webpages.charter.net/jaredguess/psu.jpg
Recognize it?
However, I don't really want to trash the thing if it will perform for a few months until I get some spare cash to buy a "real" PSU. I have a nice multimeter/voltameter (sp?), so I figured I could test the powersupply under load to see how it holds up.
What is the general procedure for doing this?
Ie: Ground one end, and touch the hot end to the red socket of the molex, etc? (speculating).
Please be as specific, and detailed as you can be.
Also giving me a good approx. range of specifications that my PSU should be at, at different loads. IE: The 12V (red) on the 4 pin Moltex should be at apporx 11.4-11.8V under load.. (Just a hypothetical example).
If applicable please give me the information for all the different color/voltages of wires that I can test.
Thanks in advance!