On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:02:28 -0500, Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:

>Hello Voltage Level Measurers
>
>     Well, the Antec power supply tester I bought from Compugate arrived
>today.
>
>     It was not what I was expecting.  I don't see that I have any
>immediate use for it.  Bye bye $15.00
>
>     It has a connection to plug in an ATX power supply's
>motherboard power lead.  bummer bummer bummer

which is in the picture of it on Antec's website...

>     I was expecting to be able to plug in the lead to a hard drive; 5V,
>G, G, 12V.
>
>     Consider yourself warned.

I'm afraid I don't understand your complaint, Donald.

I'm really at a loss as to why you'd need a special device to stick a
voltmeter probe into a hard drive power connector...   put the black
probe in the hole for a black wire... touch the red probe to the one
colour wire side for +5V and the other side for the +12V reading.

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=77003#

shows a picture of the product, showing how it's plugged onto the ATX
power connector of a power supply and will allow you to actually turn
said power supply on without connecting it to a motherboard 

(which is beneficial if it IS faulty, since motherboards tend to be
more expensive than these testers!)

And further,

http://www.antec.com/specs/instruction2.html

shows you how to use the volt meter to test for the +5V and +12V and
+3.3V supplies as provided by the power supply...  normally, you can't
get to a +3.3V reading easily.

I've used these little gizmos for a while now, and I find them a whole
lot easier than risking a motherboard!


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