3.3v rail is low i think.........

[Twista]

I was saying my video card was to blame by overheating but i was just in bios for my 1st bootup of the day. I took out my santa cruz soundcard and than checked my voltage and my 3.3v was @ 3.21 and thats low while im just in bios right, shoudlnt it be like 3.28 or 3.29.


Thanks
TwisTa

 

[dmw16]

Sounds a tad low, but not too bad...

 

[Twista]

My pc was locking up whenever it wanted too like playing music thru wm9. When i pluged in my side fan the pc would start up and just turn off in one second and the other time when its running it just freeze in windows so is the fans running on 3.3v line?

 

[Davegod]

3.21 is fine, iirc spec is +-5% so shouldnt be probs until about 3.1v

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Twista
I was saying my video card was to blame by overheating but i was just in bios for my 1st bootup of the day. I took out my santa cruz soundcard and than checked my voltage and my 3.3v was @ 3.21 and thats low while im just in bios right, shoudlnt it be like 3.28 or 3.29.


Thanks
TwisTa

What is it under full load?

I agree, it should be fine in around 3.15 and what not...You seem to be having some stability issues, doing any overclocking?

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: Twista
I was saying my video card was to blame by overheating but i was just in bios for my 1st bootup of the day. I took out my santa cruz soundcard and than checked my voltage and my 3.3v was @ 3.21 and thats low while im just in bios right, shoudlnt it be like 3.28 or 3.29.


Thanks
TwisTa

What is it under full load?

I agree, it should be fine in around 3.15 and what not...You seem to be having some stability issues, doing any overclocking?

I was overclocked but i been fine for along long time overclock even @ 2ghz and now im back @ 1.46ghz. Im thinking i should get a 330 or 350 or 400watt psu.

 

[Twista]

Here is a ss under load with q3 running.

btw: Thoses temps are arent and fan speeds b/c that is diodle not the cpu core temp. (asus board)

 

[dexvx]

Sometimes, its not the PSU's fault, or the devices drawing the power. More or less, its a motherboard with cheap VRMs. Im not saying this is your case, but you shouldnt cross out the motherboard as a problem source.

 

[Davegod]

nothing wrong with those rails at all, imo.

try running with case side off? wth are all those temps anyway? 54C for a hdd? highest ive seen my barracuda is about 26. lol @ 39706rpm fan, must be noisy

 

[lenjack]

the acceptable limit of 5% would be 3.135. Your'e at 3%. Find something else to worry about.

 

[Twista]

Getting lower this is messed up why is it @ idle 3.18v and it just frooze.

 

[bjc112]

Hmm...3.18 is too low for idle..

What PSU?

Sparkle 350's are running for about $30 bucs..

Great company and PSU.

 

[RamIt]

You need to get better air flow through the case. This does not mean fast fans or anything like that. I had a sonata case and used the rear 120mm fan ported to suck the heat off the cpu. The temps under load never got above 62 cpu, 45 hard drive and 45 system. Everything was ducted to optimize airflow and was very quiet and stable.

 

[Regs]

All PSU's have variants one way or another. My 430 watt Antec true, is running the 12v around 11.75 . Even a bios update may make that variance disappear. Poof.

Edit. 3.1 is a little spooky I say.

 

[Twista]

a ALLIED 300watt from newegg


NEW -12VOLT LINE IS @ -11.23 IDLE.

 

[Twista]

They have a new beta bios out for my board plus there is another one which is newer than the one i have, but i have no floppy b/c i broke trying to mod it ;p