Cause of my frustrations? what to RMA...

onelin

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The system (in my sig) has been unstable for a while, and finally I got one (scary) break in my search for the problem. I was remote desktop'd into the PC (I am no longer using it as my primary machine for obvious reasons) and Asus Probe popped up beeping a lot.
The 3.3V rail was down to *** 0.9v *** and the VCore was at *** 0.4v *** !??!?!?!??!?!!?! It went away after a minute, but I assume something like this is dangerous enough to cause the crash and possibly damage my hardware. What runs on the +3.3V rail?

If I didn't have an Antec TruePower 430W PSU I would assume it was the cause, but does this sound like my motherboard (Asus A7V333-R) not regulating voltages right? I'm sure testing Asus' RMA policy will be real fun if so.

Could it be anything besides my power supply or motherboard?

 

DieHardware

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Any noticeable physical damage(leaking or bulging caps, funny smells, etc) to the motherboard or PSU?
 

onelin

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When I toted it to a friend's once he smelled ozone from one of the systems in the room. I will check it out, thanks.

*update* no funky smells, and after powering it down I don't see any leaks from a 5 min gazing w/ pretty good lighting. Of course, to see every nook I'll have to unhook everything. a friend is letting me borrow a KT266 board to test the next time I see him (may be a few weeks)