[jtroutma]

VERY interesting RoboTech.............

I never hear about the 1A load on the 5V line before and as such have used the paperclip/tweeser/whatever trick for some time without ever having a PSU blow on me before. I was aware that not having a "true" load on the lines caused the PSU to not put out the correct voltages on all lines though. When I go to test PSU I usually see if the voltages are somewhat within specs or just way out in left field when doing that test.


Hmmmmmmmmmm.......

Also (if I understand what you are saying) is that I can potentally get better voltage ratings off my lines if I increase the load on some of the other lines? For example, I have an Enermax 650W PSU that I recently replaced with an Antec True550W because the Enermax was not producing the correct voltages on the 5V line. I knew that the 5V line was heavily loaded and that the 12V line was not. Could I have added some load to the 12V line and then gotten better voltages from my 5V line? IF SO, does this also apply to the TruePower PSU then?

Very very interesting.......now I am going to have to get some (2)x2.5ohm resistors or (1)x5ohm resistors and make up a real PSU tester... BTW what Wattage resistors should I use when making up this PSU tester? 1W? 2W? 20W???????