fighter1 Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 i have a POWERNICS 400W PSU and wana know is it working properly 1 way to check it is through BIOS voltage information that its giving 11.5volts any other way to check it ????????????? BTW i have XFX 9600GT is the power supp ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 Using a Kill-a-Watt is a good start. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighter1 Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 is that a program or what??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARandomOWL Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Gogole Edited April 4, 2009 by AJW256 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighter1 Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 anyotherway tocheck the PSU Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 Gogole I bleev its google... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARandomOWL Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 RUSURE?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 anyotherway tocheck the PSU Do you have access to a good quality digital meter because this is the only way to get an accurate reading of the rails. The Kill-A-Watt meter, previously mentioned by damian, will tell you how many watts your PC is pulling from the mains. The 9600GT graphics card only pulls about 60W maximum so a 400W power supply will be more than enough if your PC is a fairly standard one/two HDD set up. I can't find much information on the Powernics 400W power supply so I am going to assume it's a low budget generic unit of poor quality. I could be wrong and it will probably run your PC without any issues but my advice would be replace it with a quality unit (Corsair, OCZ, Thermaltake, etc.) of 400-500W rating. Cheers Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHKCommander959 Posted April 5, 2009 Posted April 5, 2009 Do you have access to a good quality digital meter because this is the only way to get an accurate reading of the rails. I second that motion. It will give you an idea of how close your voltage is to being good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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