Re: How to check power supply load?

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From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:53:07 -0500

You need electronic equipment to check current load. 

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"Steven Whatley" <swhatley_hal-pc_org@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ecg$dQE9EHA.3640@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to check the load on the power supply without having to go 
> out and buy a volt meter?  I had a couple of sudden reboots yesterday and 
> would like to try rule out PS problems.  Here is my system config:
>
> 430W PS
> P4 2.8GHz with HT (not overclocked)
> 1GB RAM (two 512MB DDR memory cards)
> Albatron PX865 m/b
> i865 chipset
> 3 case fans
> 4 hard drives (40GB WD IDE, 120GB WD IDE and two 250GB Maxtor SATA set up 
> as RAID 1 (hardware mirrored)
> Sony DVD-ROM drive
> HP DVD Writer 630i (does dual layer)
> Matrox Parhelia video card
> Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (with front side imputs in a 5.25" drive bay)
> Hauppauge WinTV Theater tuner PCI card.
> Promise FastTrax TX2200 SATA RAID card.
> PalmOne PDA USB charging cradle (with external power connected)
> USB conection to a HP psc 2210 MFC
>
> As you can tell, it is a very full system.  Just in the last couple of 
> weeks I added the second 250GB drive and upgraded my CD-RW to the DVD 
> writer.  Do you think I need to upgrade the power supply?
>
> Thanks,
> Steven

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