PSU tester

Forum discussion tagged with PSU tester.
  1. N

    Question How to check if I ruined my PSU

    I stupidly plugged in a 6 pin to SATA power adapter to my PSU with the PC off and realized it wasn’t the right and unplugged it. PSU was still switched on, but PC wasn’t turned on before taking the adapter out. I left and came back a few hours and found out that the breaker had tripped. I...
  2. mlolm

    Question New build stopped booting after 1 week, think it's the PSU??

    Hey all, my new build stopped booting up after 1 week. I already ordered a new PSU, but wanted to test it again. When it was connected and i removed the mb and CPU cables and connected them both to my psu tester it would not even light up. Now I removed the psu from the case and tested it...
  3. Sam mainman

    [SOLVED] Is there a way to test a PSU if it turns on but maybe faulty ?

    So my brothers friend brought an old PC with a dead HDD to me to fix and I assumed it failed from age since the system is from around 2008 and besides the dead HDD it seemed to run fine , so I replaced the HDD installed windows tested it added a stick of ram since it only had 1GB DDR2 and...
  4. K

    [SOLVED] -12v Rail missing on Power supply tester

    Recently bought a Dell D460EM-00 REF.NO DPS-460DB016 A power supply, I plugged it into my PSU tester and the -12v rail isnt lighting up, so i was wondering if anyone had any luck fixing this. I own a soldering station and a hot air station so im more than happy to replace parts if needed.