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Installing and troubleshooting a PSU

Installing and troubleshooting a PSU

From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) Cert Prep

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Installing and troubleshooting a PSU

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- Knowing how to install and troubleshoot errors with power supplies is an essential skill that you're going to need to learn as a PC technician. While it's generally a pretty simple process, there are some things to look out for, especially since we're dealing with live power. So, let's go through installing, and troubleshooting a PSU together. So first off, I have my closed case friend back. And if you'll notice, there is a very large and very obvious area for our PSU to come into. I'm going to actually use what's called a non-modular power supply. All the wires are pre-attached. You can't remove any of them. It's a bit of a mess for cable management. However, for this demo, it fits perfectly. Now, before you touch any power supply, always make sure you unplug them, especially if they're ATX, because they're always going to have some bit of active power in them. So, I'm going to go ahead and make sure everything is oriented right. I'm going to simply slide this in, and I'm going to…

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