I've got an Antec 430 Truepower, about 3 years old, that seems to have failed. <BR><BR>Symptoms: the HTPC it powered suddenly stopped last night. I tried to reboot but got nothing, not even a fan ...

When it comes to testing power supplies, it’s useful to have a dummy load to put the gear through its paces. While it’s possible to just use some old heating elements or other big resistors, an active ...

Whether you're buying a power supply unit for the first time or needing to upgrade to a higher-wattage brick, you're going to want to pay close attention to the power supply ratings system. Every PSU ...

Testing a modern power supply can be challenging without access to professional electronic load equipment. Without dedicated load testers, it is difficult to apply controlled, repeatable high-current ...

Testing the PSUs consisted of first hooking them up to a HP/Agilent 6842A Harmonic Flicker Test System. While capable of a lot more than it was used for, I used the 6842A as little more than a ...

So I'm using my multimeter on a PSU of mine that worked fine with my ASRock 939DUAL Sata-II board, but when I upgraded to a board that needed the extra 4 pins of the ATX connector, it suddenly was a ...