Hello, Thanks for your reply. Thinking about that specific supply yes that one does power up and whether it will get me in to bios not sure yet, i'd have to drop the original non-geforce graphics card in it and find out. If it does get me in to bios where would that setting be? Is there a difference in inputs and outputs with supplies? I've got one that might be a DOA supply, it's a 600w. The one that came in yesterday is a 500w and it doesn't turn on at all, I can't believe it's dead, I don't have another box to test it on though, the issue with it seems to be in the 12v line. Then there's the one I asked about, it works I don't know if it can put out enough wats to power the machine (it's an hp dc8100 cmt) in desktop mode, then i've put my computer's working 700w supply in that box, didn't do a thing, that's why i asked about inputs. Thanks. Dave. On 4/7/20, Billy Irwin <billy.irwin@outlook.com> wrote:
Hi Dave,
Sometimes in the bios you can see that information. Does anything power on at all when you try to use it? If you can't get into BIOS, you would definitely need a multimeter. The only systems I know of right off is the Dell servers I have which have a screen on the front that can show you how many watts and other diagnostic info.
Best,
Billy
-----Original Message----- From: David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 10:23 To: blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] determining power supply output
Hello,
I'm trying to put a new power supply in a computer. I'll spare the details but basically I try to put in a new 500W and it doesn't work, along with the three other ones I've tested that are known good. I can get just one to work with this box, apparently it's tricky, it's an hp desktop and I'm wondering if the amps are not right? Anyway, I need to know if it's possible for me to determine how many wats the working supply is putting out? Sighted help doesn't see anything on the back of the supply indicating that and I don't have a talking multimeter. Is there another way to determine this information?
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