Difference between revisions of "Power Supply Triage"

Revision as of 15:57, 12 March 2008

Power supply sorting is done in System Evaluation.

Start

You will need a power supply tester and a sharpie, plus a couple of large boxes to hold finished power supplies.

Create a temporary place for two piles:

Keep
Recycle

Follow the triage flow chart below to determine which pile to put the power supply in. You will need to test some power supplies to complete this task.

Triage Chart

This is a graph with borders and nodes. Maybe there is an Imagemap used so the nodes may be linking to some Pages.

Testing Power Supplies

Use a standard ATX power supply tester for a 20 pin ATX power supply. If you have a 24 pin ATX power supply, send it to advanced testing instead.

For each power supply that needs to be tested, do these things:

Plug each power supply into outlet
If there is a rear power supply switch, make sure it is turned on.
Connect the tester to the 20 pin ATX connector
- Check lights (all lights on is good, but it is also OK if the -5V light is off)
Connect the tester to the 4 pin ATX connector
- Check to see if the +12V light is on

What to do when done, where to put them

Keepers: Mark them OKFG with a sharpie; Take them to the warehouse and put them in the POWER SUPPLIES TO KEEP location
Recycle: Take them to the warehouse and put them in the POWER SUPPLIES TO RECYCLE location

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 == What to do when done, where to put them ==
-* Power supplies in your Recycle pile go straight to Recycling after they are signed off by the Eval instructor.
 ; Keepers