Power Supply Testing/Tutorial on how to convert ATX Power Supply to lab power supply

1. Get a power supply.
2. Remove the shield.
shield
3. Drill 5 holes.
4. Put the 5 binding post in the five holes
5 bin posts
5. Shorten the length of the wires.
6. Tape it with electrical tape.[File:Cables_fixed.jpg|thumb|center|joining the wires colors and taped]]
7. Get one long wire of each cable.
8. Connect it to the rest of the wires.
long wire connected to rest of the wires
8. Remove the gray wire.
removing the gray wire
9. Remove the purple wire.
removing purple wire
10. Tape it with electrical tape the remaining pieces of both gray and purple wires.
gray wire with electrical tape
purple wire taped
11. Strip the long wires and connect them to the binding posts.
12. Solder the wires.
solder wires
13. Close the power supply.
14. Turn the power supply on.
15. Test if the power supply works.
16. Get the power cord
power cord
17. Connect the power cord to the power supply
connecting the power cord to the power supply
18. Get the multimeter
get the multimeter
19. Turn the multimeter on to 20
turning the multimeter to 20
20. Place the black cord of the multimeter in the G binding post
21. Place the red cord on the 3.3 volt (the number may be +-2volts)
testing the 3.3 volts
22. Place the red cord in the 5 volts (the number may be +-2volts)
testing the 5 volts
23. Place the red cord in the 12 volts (the number may be +-2volts)
testing 12 volts
24. Place the red cord int the -12 volts (the number may be +-2volts)
testing -12 volts
The power supply works