Re: Hardware test equipment

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:26:35 +0100, Philip Herlihy
<thiswillbounceback@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:36:28 +0100, Philip Herlihy
<thiswillbounceback@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Apart from my new Power Supply Tester, and a voltmeter to help me
confirm what it's telling me, what physical test equipment is worth
buying. I'm often asked to figure out what's wrong with a customer's
machine (although I'm really a software type). I test the voltage on
the PSU, run Memtest86, and see if I can boot from CD. Interested in
raising my game...

I've never needed anything more. Never even needed a PSU tester, I
just count them as disposable items. There's precious little in a PC
that will only die partially, and nothing where actual item-specific
testing kit wouldn't cost 100-1000x the price of a replacement
component.

Snips and a soldering iron if you're going to get into replacing bad
caps, I suppose.

Hadn't really thought about that - do I just look for swelling?

Fnarr! Yes, swollen ends and any leakage. (Sorry, watching Little
Britain In Oz in the background...)

Symptoms much like dodgy power or dodgy cooling.

Cheers - Jaimie
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