Re: Hardware test equipment

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:03:21 +0100, John Jordan <junk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Brownz (Mobile) wrote:
Philip Herlihy 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...

Phil, London


http://www.home.agilent.com/GBeng/nav/-536902753.536908413/pd.html

*Almost* justifiable:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=32611&doy=28m7

In practice, a good range of replacement components is much more importan

Spend the money on a cheapish motherboard and processor to test all
the other components in, and always have a spare good PSU handy.
Bye for now.

Clive.
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