I really have no idea about PSU and rail voltages, but I was looking at some stuff in Everest and saw this and wanted to know if they were normal. Voltage Values: CPU Core 1.68 V CPU Aux 1.68 V +3.3 V 3.36 V +5 V 4.89 V +12 V 12.48 V -12 V -12.40 V -5 V -4.70 V
First of all, to get an accurate reading you must get a multimeter. If you want to know if those voltages are ok, go to www.formfactors.org or http://forums.gideontech.com if you go to Gideontech, check the Electronics section, it's as sticky.
yeah, so according to SpeedFan, my voltages look like this: core1: 1.09 core2: 2.54 +3.3: 3.36 +5: 4.01 +12: 11.78 -12: -6.52 -5:-1.33 +5:4.14 now its the -12 and -5 that worries me, but the fact that there are two +5's listed (both with different values) is giving me hope. i guess ill have to pull out hte multimeter sometime soon. would it be a worry if the -'s were so poor?
The spec allows +/- 0.25V on most rails, so 4.01/4.14 on the +5V rail means either your system crashes every 2 minutes or Speedfan is wrong. With software voltage & temperature readings, if it ain't broke it don't need fixing. Use temperatures to compare a change in cooling setup, not as actual values.
check out my sticky over at eocf, showing how stupidly out software (inc bios) is, and how to actually test rails http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=137886