How do I find how many watts are in my powersupply?

[Josh Collins]

I know I have a cheap powersupply, but how can I find out how many watts my
powersupply has without taking the computer apart. Is there a free program
somewhere that will let me do this or does XP provide this somewhere?

[Bob Day]

"Josh Collins" > wrote in message
...
> I know I have a cheap powersupply, but how can I find out how many watts
my
> powersupply has without taking the computer apart.

You can't. But all you probably need to do is to
open the case of your PC (the manual for your PC
should give details) and read the label on the power supply.

> Is there a free program

No.

> somewhere that will let me do this or does XP provide this somewhere?

No.

-- Bob Day

[NobodyMan]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:07:09 -0500, "Josh Collins"
> wrote:

>I know I have a cheap powersupply, but how can I find out how many watts my
>powersupply has without taking the computer apart. Is there a free program
>somewhere that will let me do this or does XP provide this somewhere?
>

Outside of opening the case and reading the PS label, no, there is no
way for you to know how much power the thing puts out.

Why do you need to know?

[Josh Collins]

Thanks. See my other post under a different thread with this subject line:
Will low wattage powersupply cause device to fail?


"NobodyMan" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:07:09 -0500, "Josh Collins"
> > wrote:
>
> >I know I have a cheap powersupply, but how can I find out how many watts
my
> >powersupply has without taking the computer apart. Is there a free
program
> >somewhere that will let me do this or does XP provide this somewhere?
> >
>
> Outside of opening the case and reading the PS label, no, there is no
> way for you to know how much power the thing puts out.
>
> Why do you need to know?
>

[Jim Macklin]

Maybe


"Josh Collins" > wrote in message
...
| Thanks. See my other post under a different thread with
this subject line:
| Will low wattage powersupply cause device to fail?
|
|
| "NobodyMan" > wrote in message
| ...
| > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:07:09 -0500, "Josh Collins"
| > > wrote:
| >
| > >I know I have a cheap powersupply, but how can I find
out how many watts
| my
| > >powersupply has without taking the computer apart. Is
there a free
| program
| > >somewhere that will let me do this or does XP provide
this somewhere?
| > >
| >
| > Outside of opening the case and reading the PS label,
no, there is no
| > way for you to know how much power the thing puts out.
| >
| > Why do you need to know?
| >
|
|