I don't know whether to send this back as defective and get a refund, or RMA it to Sintek. If they are all like this, I'm getting a refund.
This is a 130 buck PS, and it is apparently a POS!! I saw a bunch of reviews on it and ALL were glowing and praising it! However I don't know if they do the testing I do. I'm checking the voltage logs, and comparing them to other PS's I've hooked up, some only 20 bucks, and this thing's voltage rails have all the stability of a heroin addict on withdrawal!! They look like an EKG!! Other PS's are totally flat! If I put the adjustable 3.3v pot to where it stays close to 3.3v, it spikes up to MORE than the 5% tolerance! It actually went to 7.5%! If I lower the 12v pot (which also slightly controls the 5v rail, and this pot is labeled "PCI express) to where the 5v rail isn't too high, then the 12v rail goes too low. When the 12v rail is ok, the 5v rail is 5.2v.
If anyone has one of these, please check your voltages with a program that can show you a graphical readout and see if this is happening to you.
Thanks.
This is a 130 buck PS, and it is apparently a POS!! I saw a bunch of reviews on it and ALL were glowing and praising it! However I don't know if they do the testing I do. I'm checking the voltage logs, and comparing them to other PS's I've hooked up, some only 20 bucks, and this thing's voltage rails have all the stability of a heroin addict on withdrawal!! They look like an EKG!! Other PS's are totally flat! If I put the adjustable 3.3v pot to where it stays close to 3.3v, it spikes up to MORE than the 5% tolerance! It actually went to 7.5%! If I lower the 12v pot (which also slightly controls the 5v rail, and this pot is labeled "PCI express) to where the 5v rail isn't too high, then the 12v rail goes too low. When the 12v rail is ok, the 5v rail is 5.2v.
If anyone has one of these, please check your voltages with a program that can show you a graphical readout and see if this is happening to you.
Thanks.