On 10/30/07, Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
You can get a handheld tester (I have one at home, I can bring it to the next meeting). Basically if the light goes green it's good. Also, it has spots to check voltages of your power supply.
I'm not sure that's adequate to tell if a PS is causing flaky behavior. I don't think it'll tell you if one of the voltage lines goes low under load or something. If it doesn't pass those tests, though, you'll know it's bad. Also, open the PS case and look for leaking capacitors. If you find any leakage, then you know you have a problem. I would just throw out the PS at that point, but you could probably replace the capacitors. -- Rich P.S.: I mean to post an update to my screen-blanking-while-watching-movies problem. I'll catch up with that later.