enermax question

[esc]

what in hell is that 5v rail bug in enermax cases? i keep on hearing about it on AT but don't have a slight idea of what it's supposed to be. can someone enlighten me on this? thanks in advanced.

 

[Mem]

On some earlier Epox boards the 5V supply from Enermax PSUs was dropping to 4.7v or lower,there was a mod for the Enermax PSUs you could do to bump it up to 5v , the low 5v drop happened with some Epox boards,I`m using an Enermax 431w at the moment on my Epox 8KHA+ and get a constant 4.98v( well within safe spec) with no problems.

If the 5v supply drops too low then that will effect stability,however if you overclock that will also put some extra strain on the 5v rail so having a good PSU is important,I must say that the latest Enermax`s seem to be better then the earlier models.

 

[esc]

oh..ok. so in general, it only affects some epox boards. then i have no problem. thanks again.

 

[Bucksnort]

Mine reads out at 4.865, is that ok? Enermax eg 265p-ve a7v266-e mb xp 1900+

 

[AkumaBao]

I'm hitting 5.12 with my 431W.

 

[rickn]

<< Mine reads out at 4.865, is that ok? Enermax eg 265p-ve a7v266-e mb xp 1900+ >>



yes, that is fine. as long as you dont have any stability isses, there is nothing wrong with that. If that is idle, under load it will drop a little more. Should be safe down to around 4.75v or so, some can even go lower and not experience any stability issues. Like everything else, not all hardware is created equal