Author Topic: Laptop power suppy testing  (Read 3880 times)

Offline mjw

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How does one test laptop power supplies? Unless I am missing something I see no tools within the PC-6 kit that will do this .............. ???

Offline fwilson

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Mjw,

Unlike desktop power supplies the voltage and amperage outputs vary greatly from laptop mfg to mfg, so a unit like the one included with PC-Doctor won’t work. Then there is the connector issue, everyone seems to have a different one.

The easiest way to test it is with a voltmeter.  When, in a previous life, I was testing a lot of the same type of laptops I made up a little pigtail with a male and female connector so that I could put the multi-meter in parallel and test for voltage drop under load.

-Fred
« Last Edit: April 24, 2008, 07:38:06 am by fwilson »
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Offline mjw

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Thanks much for the reply   ;D

Offline fwilson

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You're welcome.  ;)
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