-12.00 voltage fluxuations

[jere01]

I've been having a lot of trouble with my new system and have been looking all over the place for answers. Someone suggested running Prime95 to see if the system is stable or not.. well I did that and it has to stop its test after about 3 minutes because of some hardware failure. So then I read the txt file that comes with prime95 and they suggested running Motherboard Monitor along with it to see if my voltages are fluxuating (ie psu failure)... well I did that and it seems that my -12.00 voltage seems to range anywhere from -11.89V up to 1.89V! Of course the voltage alarm starts going off and so on.

Is this normal?!

Thanks!

 

[egale]

No that is not normal.

 

[us3rnotfound]

Seriously man, what the hell kinka PSU you got in that junker?

Did u know the that power supply is the most overlooked component of computers?

 

[jere01]

LOL it's a Macron 400Watt psu... so basically no name... is there some other way that I can test that voltage? Just to make sure? See cause right now in MBM5 the -12.00V seems to be showing up at a constant 1.47V....?!!

 

[jere01]

Oh and my -5.00V is usually about 1.84-2.20V!

 

[Buz2b]

Either your MBM install/setup is totally crap or you are in serious need of a new PSU. Suggestions: Uninstall MBM. Download the install file again and reinstall. Important: Make sure you check the website for MBM to find the correct setup sensors for your MB. No the voltages don't work off of those temp sensors but it might have something to do with stability of the pgm. If nothing else, you would be covering all the bases. Now, if that still shows the whacky voltage readings, run, don't walk to get a new PSU. What is the configuration of this system?