Re: Hardware test equipment

Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
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


I'll have a look. I've already swapped out the PSU and installed a PCI-slot fan.

I'm watching the Bob Marley Rainbow concert on BBC4. (Untypical: I'm more into opera, actually. And Rickie Lee Jones, of course).

Phil
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