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 Post subject: Re: Blown diode
PostPosted: March 1st, 2018, 15:45 
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rogfanther wrote:
Most psus from respectable brands have minimum load resistors in them ...

That seems wasteful to me. Have you actually seen these load resistors, or measured them? If you have one of these PSUs, what resistance do you measure between ground and the +12V and +5V Molex pins?

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 Post subject: Re: Blown diode
PostPosted: March 1st, 2018, 18:56 
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Here, two red arrows near the "E" mark.

There are more circuits/pics at http://www.badcaps.net where they discuss it a lot and with better detail.

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