Antec TruePower 380 and mobo voltage reporting

seismik

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Hi,

I've an Antec TruePower 380 PSU, and using the Soltek Motherboard Monitor I see my voltages as:

CPU Voltage: 1.456 - 1.472
3.3V: 3.184 - 3.216
5V: 4.946 - 4.973
12V: 12.416 - 12.480
-12V: -12.356 - -12.441
5VSB: 5.414
Battery: 3.280

Are these fluctuations ok? The 3.3 looks a little low, shouldn't it be up at 3.3 at least most of the time? Likely a case of faulty Soltek voltage reporting or a problem with power? My system is pretty basic for power requirements I think, check it out in my sig.

seis


 

John

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You're within spec according to those readings.
 

JSSheridan

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Also, some mobo's aren't efficient at distributing power due to high losses. Your in good shape though. Peace.
 

J1600B

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Originally posted by: pelikan
If you really want to know, test it with a digital multimeter.

Agreed. My mobo (8rda+) is off on at least the 12 V and 5 V according to my cat3 mm. The cost of a multimeter that is accurate is at least the cost of a motherboard so don't expect a motherboard to be right on. <--my opinion
 

pelikan

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My DMM is accurate to .5%. That's within .06V measuring the 12V rail, which is accurate enough to tell me how my rails are. It cost $30.