Electronics I Don't Like My Voltages

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  1. Confusitron

    Confusitron What's a Dremel?

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    12V+: 12.40
    5V+: 4.83
    3.3V+: 2.62

    I especially don't like my 3.3V+ lines voltage... I should buy a different power supply, shoudn't I? This was monitored through Motherboard Monitor 5.
     
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  2. whypick1

    whypick1 The über-Pick

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    Double check with a multimeter. If the readings it gives are fairly close to what MBM says, get a new PSU NOW!

    If you don't have a multimeter, get one NOW! If you don't have the money for one, steal one NOW!

    The +12v and +5v lines look fine though, well within tolerance.
     
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  3. acrimonious

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    Yeah i'll second that, if your M/B is right then that +3.3 is nasty.
     
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  4. Smilodon

    Smilodon The Antagonist

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    what PSU is it? i have heard that Aopen ones have pretty low on some... have one Aopen.. it looks fine on MBM5 though...
     
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  5. rich_bytes

    rich_bytes What's a Dremel?

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    Is your pc stable? I would have thought that if the 3.3v line was really that low it would be causing problems.
     
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  6. Sc0rian

    Sc0rian Here comes the farmer

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    its not that bad....

    This is mine at the time i did a print screen[​IMG]
     
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  7. Confusitron

    Confusitron What's a Dremel?

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    ...This one... I was tricked by an Ebay auction. It claimed the parts inside it were manufactured by Channel Well Technology... Thank goodness I can still RMA it, or I could just not use it and buy another one since it was only $35.00. I would like to get either this (CWT) PSU, this (CWT) PSU, or this (Topower) PSU.
     
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  8. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Antec are quality, put together by CWT

    [​IMG] :thumb:
     
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  9. Confusitron

    Confusitron What's a Dremel?

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    I've been trying to spread the word of that. They are quality, that is why I could save $20.00 buying a CWT PSU.
     
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  10. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    The fact that CWT make the Antec psu doesn't necessarily mean the quality is identical on every unit - depends on how tight Antec's purchasing spec is compared to CWT's normal manufacturing spec.
     
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