There are pinouts available on the web, just check the voltages are within
spec.
http://www.hardwarebook.info/Category:Connector#Power_Supply

Specifically:
http://www.hardwarebook.info/ATX_Power_Supply

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX#Power_supply>I had two PS's stop supplying
enough voltage to my video cards :(
----
Julian


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]>wrote:

> I have a DMM....just not sure where to hook one up at that would be safe.
>  Also, and more telling, the problem I have never seem to be related to
> load...it can happen when the system is totally idle.
>
> I do think that my old UPS was bad, though.  I had noticed a couple of
> times where it appears my house had a power outage or disruption.  The PC
> seems to be cycling power. But turns out it was only my PC...the HT system
> in his same room was not experiencing any problems and neither did any other
> system in my house.  So, after the last time this happened I finally hooked
> up my replacement UPS, a 1250 VA (I think) Back-Up APS that's been sitting
> in here well over a year.
>
> The problems seem to have happening a lot less after I reinstalled windows,
> though, but they still seem to be happening.
>
>
> On 1/14/2011 10:18 AM, Julian Zottl wrote:
>
>> Hook up a Digital MultiMeter (DMM - If you have one... if not, grab one.
>>  They are only $15) on the rails.  As you add load (throw a bench mark up
>> of
>> some sort) the voltage on the rails should stay fairly steady.
>> ----
>> Julian
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Anthony Q. Martin<[email protected]
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  How do you tell if a power supply is gone bad?  I bought this Antec Neo
>>> Power 650 Blue in September 2007. I can't see that I need more watts. It
>>> has
>>> 3 12V rails at 19A each, with a 5 year warranty.  I have no real
>>> indication
>>> that this PS is the problem in my system, though.  By the numbers I don't
>>> think I need a new one.
>>>
>>>

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